Pytest now uses its own ``TerminalWriter`` class instead of using the one from the ``py`` library. Plugins generally access this class through ``TerminalReporter.writer``, ``TerminalReporter.write()`` (and similar methods), or ``_pytest.config.create_terminal_writer()``. The following breaking changes were made: - Output (``write()`` method and others) no longer flush implicitly; the flushing behavior of the underlying file is respected. To flush explicitly (for example, if you want output to be shown before an end-of-line is printed), use ``write(flush=True)`` or ``terminal_writer.flush()``. - Explicit Windows console support was removed, delegated to the colorama library. - Support for writing ``bytes`` was removed. - The ``reline`` method and ``chars_on_current_line`` property were removed. - The ``stringio`` and ``encoding`` arguments was removed. - Support for passing a callable instead of a file was removed.