pytest_recwarn plugin
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helpers for asserting deprecation and other warnings.

.. contents::
  :local:

Example usage 
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You can use the ``recwarn`` funcarg to track 
warnings within a test function:

.. sourcecode:: python

    def test_hello(recwarn):
        from warnings import warn
        warn("hello", DeprecationWarning)
        w = recwarn.pop(DeprecationWarning)
        assert issubclass(w.category, DeprecationWarning)
        assert 'hello' in str(w.message)
        assert w.filename
        assert w.lineno

You can also call a global helper for checking
taht a certain function call yields a Deprecation
warning:

.. sourcecode:: python

    import py
            
    def test_global():
        py.test.deprecated_call(myfunction, 17)

.. _`recwarn funcarg`:


the 'recwarn' test function argument
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Return a WarningsRecorder instance that provides these methods:

* ``pop(category=None)``: return last warning matching the category.
* ``clear()``: clear list of warnings 

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Do you find the above documentation or the plugin itself lacking? 

1. Download `pytest_recwarn.py`_ plugin source code 
2. put it somewhere as ``pytest_recwarn.py`` into your import path 
3. a subsequent ``py.test`` run will use your local version

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