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hook call controller in hook specs

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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing hook specifications and the HookCallConfig example in the issue, then compare the proposed direction with issue #151. The work is complete when the hook-spec API is agreed, its parameter-validation and modification behavior is specified, and the resulting behavior is covered by tests.

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Description

discussion enhancement

currently hook specs just provide the parameters

if it was allowed to have them provide more details, this could be a win

a very initial draft is something like

python

@hookspec
def pytest_something_with_paths(call_config: HookCallConfig, path: Path | None = None, oldpath: py.path.local |None = None ) -> ...
   if path is None and old_path is None:
    rasie TypeError(...)

   return call_config.set_parameters(....)  

i'd love to bikeshed apis a bit

its also a possible replacement to #151

cc @goodboy @nicoddemus @bluetech

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