Class ConfigValue

src/_pytest/config/findpaths.py:23–40

Represents a configuration value with its origin and parsing mode. This allows tracking whether a value came from a configuration file or from a CLI override (--override-ini), which is important for determining precedence when dealing with ini option aliases. The mode tracks the pa

@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ConfigValue:
    """Represents a configuration value with its origin and parsing mode.

    This allows tracking whether a value came from a configuration file
    or from a CLI override (--override-ini), which is important for
    determining precedence when dealing with ini option aliases.

    The mode tracks the parsing mode/data model used for the value:
    - "ini": from INI files or [tool.pytest.ini_options], where the only
      supported value types are `str` or `list[str]`.
    - "toml": from TOML files (not in INI mode), where native TOML types
       are preserved.
    """

    value: object
    _: KW_ONLY
    origin: Literal["file", "override"]
    mode: Literal["ini", "toml"]


ConfigDict: TypeAlias = dict[str, ConfigValue]