Merge pull request #4059 from labcodes/documenting-scopes

Add possible values for fixture scope to docs
pytest-dev · Oct 1, 2018 · dd59ed3 · dd59ed3
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diff --git a/changelog/3928.doc.rst b/changelog/3928.doc.rst
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+Add possible values for fixture scope to docs.
diff --git a/doc/en/fixture.rst b/doc/en/fixture.rst
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ to cause the decorated ``smtp_connection`` fixture function to only be invoked
 once per test *module* (the default is to invoke once per test *function*).
 Multiple test functions in a test module will thus
 each receive the same ``smtp_connection`` fixture instance, thus saving time.
+Possible values for ``scope`` are: ``function``, ``class``, ``module``, ``package`` or ``session``.
 
 The next example puts the fixture function into a separate ``conftest.py`` file
 so that tests from multiple test modules in the directory can