Hi Keith, Both approaches are valid and identical; I personally prefer using yield because to me it feels more natural.
Cheers, On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 9:49 AM Dr Keith M Franklin <keith.frank...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Good morning/afternoon, > > I hope this is the right place to post this. I’ve been using PyTest for a > while but recently come across someone else’s fixture which made me wonder > if I’m doing this right. Basically I’ve been creating a fixture like and > adding a finalizer like so: > > @pytest.fixture(scope=‘function’) > def my_fixture(request): > # Code that does something e.g. creates a database record > rec = DBObject() > > def clean_up(): > # Code required to clean up the fixture code and return the state > back to the > ... > request.addfinalizer(clean_up) > return rec > > > However, I’ve seen fixtures written using yield instead e.g. > > > @pytest.fixture(scope=‘function’) > def my_fixture(request): > # Code that does something e.g. creates a database record > rec = DBObject() > yield rec > > # Code required to clean up the fixture code and return the state back > to the > ... > > Can I ask, is there any real difference between the two approaches? Is > there a preferred method and if so why? > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Keith > _______________________________________________ > pytest-dev mailing list > pytest-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytest-dev >
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