fixtures: deprecate pytest.yield_fixture()

changelog/7988.deprecation.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The ``@pytest.yield_fixture`` decorator/function is now deprecated. Use :func:`pytest.fixture` instead.
+
+``yield_fixture`` has been an alias for ``fixture`` for a very long time, so can be search/replaced safely.

doc/en/deprecations.rst

@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ flag for all strictness related options (``--strict-markers`` and ``--strict-con
 at the moment, more might be introduced in the future).
 
 
+The ``yield_fixture`` function/decorator
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. deprecated:: 6.2
+
+``pytest.yield_fixture`` is a deprecated alias for :func:`pytest.fixture`.
+
+It has been so for a very long time, so can be search/replaced safely.
+
 
 The ``pytest_warning_captured`` hook
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

src/_pytest/deprecated.py

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
     "Please update to the new name.",
 )
 
+YIELD_FIXTURE = PytestDeprecationWarning(
+    "@pytest.yield_fixture is deprecated.\n"
+    "Use @pytest.fixture instead; they are the same."
+)
 
 MINUS_K_DASH = PytestDeprecationWarning(
     "The `-k '-expr'` syntax to -k is deprecated.\nUse `-k 'not expr'` instead."

src/_pytest/fixtures.py

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 from _pytest.config import Config
 from _pytest.config.argparsing import Parser
 from _pytest.deprecated import FILLFUNCARGS
+from _pytest.deprecated import YIELD_FIXTURE
 from _pytest.mark import Mark
 from _pytest.mark import ParameterSet
 from _pytest.mark.structures import MarkDecorator
@@ -1339,6 +1340,7 @@ def yield_fixture(
     .. deprecated:: 3.0
         Use :py:func:`pytest.fixture` directly instead.
     """
+    warnings.warn(YIELD_FIXTURE, stacklevel=2)
     return fixture(
         fixture_function,
         *args,

testing/deprecated_test.py

@@ -115,3 +115,11 @@ def test_foo(): pass
             "*PytestDeprecationWarning: The --strict option is deprecated, use --strict-markers instead.",
         ]
     )
+
+
+def test_yield_fixture_is_deprecated() -> None:
+    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match=r"yield_fixture is deprecated"):
+
+        @pytest.yield_fixture
+        def fix():
+            assert False

testing/python/fixtures.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from _pytest.config import ExitCode
 from _pytest.fixtures import FixtureRequest
 from _pytest.pytester import get_public_names
+from _pytest.pytester import Testdir
 
 
 def test_getfuncargnames_functions():
@@ -3526,28 +3527,11 @@ def foo():
 
 
 class TestContextManagerFixtureFuncs:
-    @pytest.fixture(params=["fixture", "yield_fixture"])
-    def flavor(self, request, testdir, monkeypatch):
-        monkeypatch.setenv("PYTEST_FIXTURE_FLAVOR", request.param)
-        testdir.makepyfile(
-            test_context="""
-            import os
-            import pytest
-            import warnings
-            VAR = "PYTEST_FIXTURE_FLAVOR"
-            if VAR not in os.environ:
-                warnings.warn("PYTEST_FIXTURE_FLAVOR was not set, assuming fixture")
-                fixture = pytest.fixture
-            else:
-                fixture = getattr(pytest, os.environ[VAR])
-        """
-        )
-
-    def test_simple(self, testdir, flavor):
+    def test_simple(self, testdir: Testdir) -> None:
         testdir.makepyfile(
             """
-            from test_context import fixture
-            @fixture
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.fixture
             def arg1():
                 print("setup")
                 yield 1
@@ -3571,11 +3555,11 @@ def test_2(arg1):
         """
         )
 
-    def test_scoped(self, testdir, flavor):
+    def test_scoped(self, testdir: Testdir) -> None:
         testdir.makepyfile(
             """
-            from test_context import fixture
-            @fixture(scope="module")
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
             def arg1():
                 print("setup")
                 yield 1
@@ -3596,11 +3580,11 @@ def test_2(arg1):
         """
         )
 
-    def test_setup_exception(self, testdir, flavor):
+    def test_setup_exception(self, testdir: Testdir) -> None:
         testdir.makepyfile(
             """
-            from test_context import fixture
-            @fixture(scope="module")
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
             def arg1():
                 pytest.fail("setup")
                 yield 1
@@ -3616,11 +3600,11 @@ def test_1(arg1):
         """
         )
 
-    def test_teardown_exception(self, testdir, flavor):
+    def test_teardown_exception(self, testdir: Testdir) -> None:
         testdir.makepyfile(
             """
-            from test_context import fixture
-            @fixture(scope="module")
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
             def arg1():
                 yield 1
                 pytest.fail("teardown")
@@ -3636,11 +3620,11 @@ def test_1(arg1):
         """
         )
 
-    def test_yields_more_than_one(self, testdir, flavor):
+    def test_yields_more_than_one(self, testdir: Testdir) -> None:
         testdir.makepyfile(
             """
-            from test_context import fixture
-            @fixture(scope="module")
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
             def arg1():
                 yield 1
                 yield 2
@@ -3656,11 +3640,11 @@ def test_1(arg1):
         """
         )
 
-    def test_custom_name(self, testdir, flavor):
+    def test_custom_name(self, testdir: Testdir) -> None:
         testdir.makepyfile(
             """
-            from test_context import fixture
-            @fixture(name='meow')
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.fixture(name='meow')
             def arg1():
                 return 'mew'
             def test_1(meow):

testing/test_unittest.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from _pytest.config import ExitCode
+from _pytest.pytester import Testdir
 
 
 def test_simple_unittest(testdir):
@@ -781,20 +782,18 @@ def test_passing_test_is_fail(self):
     assert result.ret == 1
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "fix_type, stmt", [("fixture", "return"), ("yield_fixture", "yield")]
-)
-def test_unittest_setup_interaction(testdir, fix_type, stmt):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("stmt", ["return", "yield"])
+def test_unittest_setup_interaction(testdir: Testdir, stmt: str) -> None:
     testdir.makepyfile(
         """
         import unittest
         import pytest
         class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-            @pytest.{fix_type}(scope="class", autouse=True)
+            @pytest.fixture(scope="class", autouse=True)
             def perclass(self, request):
                 request.cls.hello = "world"
                 {stmt}
-            @pytest.{fix_type}(scope="function", autouse=True)
+            @pytest.fixture(scope="function", autouse=True)
             def perfunction(self, request):
                 request.instance.funcname = request.function.__name__
                 {stmt}
@@ -809,7 +808,7 @@ def test_method2(self):
             def test_classattr(self):
                 assert self.__class__.hello == "world"
     """.format(
-            fix_type=fix_type, stmt=stmt
+            stmt=stmt
         )
     )
     result = testdir.runpytest()