1.6.1 Made the python 3 signature patch more readable... for those users who will enter in the code while debugging.

Author: Sylvain MARIE

docs/changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 1.6.1 - Minor code improvements
+
+Made the python 3 signature patch more readable... for those users who will enter in the code while debugging.
+
 ### 1.6.0 - Minor dependencies update
 
 Improved docstring for `@cross_steps_fixture`.

pytest_steps/steps.py

@@ -23,18 +23,10 @@
 
 # Python 3+: load the 'more explicit api' for `test_steps`
 if version_info >= (3, 0):
-
-    test_steps_full_sig = """
-def _test_steps(*steps,
-                mode: str = TEST_STEP_MODE_AUTO,
-                test_step_argname: str = TEST_STEP_ARGNAME_DEFAULT,
-                steps_data_holder_name: str = STEPS_DATA_HOLDER_NAME_DEFAULT):
-    pass
-
-"""
-    exec(test_steps_full_sig, globals(), locals())
-    _test_steps = locals()['_test_steps']
-    new_sig = signature(_test_steps)
+    new_sig = """(*steps,
+                  mode: str = TEST_STEP_MODE_AUTO,
+                  test_step_argname: str = TEST_STEP_ARGNAME_DEFAULT,
+                  steps_data_holder_name: str = STEPS_DATA_HOLDER_NAME_DEFAULT)"""
 else:
     new_sig = None
 

pytest_steps/steps_parametrizer.py

@@ -235,14 +235,8 @@ def _execute_manually(test_func, s, test_step_argname, all_step_ids, all_steps,
 
 # Python 3+: load the 'more explicit api' for `test_steps`
 if version_info >= (3, 0):
-    depends_on_full_sig = """
-def _depends_on(*steps,
-                fail_instead_of_skip: bool = _FAIL_INSTEAD_OF_SKIP_DEFAULT):
-    pass
-"""
-    exec(depends_on_full_sig, globals(), locals())
-    _depends_on = locals()['_depends_on']
-    new_sig = signature(_depends_on)
+    new_sig = """(*steps,
+                  fail_instead_of_skip: bool = _FAIL_INSTEAD_OF_SKIP_DEFAULT)"""
 else:
     new_sig = None