Greetings, the -k EXPRESSION matching behaviour of the pytest CLI, which deselects tests based on the given expression, is case-sensitive. The relevant code of the KeywordMapping is just a few lines:
https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/master/src/_pytest/mark/legacy.py#L59-L63 That means using pytest -k statistics will match def test_statistics(): ... but it will not match: class TestStatistics: ... I would have to do some shenanigans like pytest -k "atistics" or pytest -k "statistics or Statistics" to match both tests, just because one happens to be a class and the other a function. Personally, I find that a bit strict and limiting, considering it tests for string inclusion which is rather lax in comparison. It would be very convenient to be able to match both with a single expression, e.g. to filter tests by topics. I know I can mark tests or add extra_keyword_matches, but that isn't very convenient. I also acknowledge that the default behaviour can't be changed as it would break existing code. I have not found a way to customize this with the existing CLI/hooks. Do you think there is any possibility to add some CLI/config option like "--case-insensitive-expression" to make this configurable, or do you consider this to belong to userland? A hook to allow changing the behaviour from a pytest plugin would be totally sufficient as well. I'd be willing to provide a PR if there is any interest. My current workaround is to monkeypatch the behaviour at runtime, which does the job, but is kind of magical and will break when pytests internal structure changes in the future: https://gist.github.com/cb109/de0cf181aaaadf13539be9854c53586c Thanks for pytest by the way :) Cheers, Christoph
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