Ran Benita f1e6fdcddb Export types of builtin fixture for type annotations ...

In order to allow users to type annotate fixtures they request, the
types need to be imported from the `pytest` namespace. They are/were
always available to import from the `_pytest` namespace, but that is
not guaranteed to be stable.

These types are only exported for the purpose of typing. Specifically,
the following are *not* public:

- Construction (`__init__`)
- Subclassing
- staticmethods and classmethods

We try to combat them being used anyway by:

- Marking the classes as `@final` when possible (already done).

- Not documenting private stuff in the API Reference.

- Using `_`-prefixed names or marking as `:meta private:` for private
  stuff.

- Adding a keyword-only `_ispytest=False` to private constructors,
  warning if False, and changing pytest itself to pass True. In the
  future it will (hopefully) become a hard error.

Hopefully that will be enough.

2020-11-13 11:25:09 +02:00

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