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deprecate passing None as a plugin instance

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  • #791 by @MbappeWU — closed without merging

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start with the discussion in #749 and the closed, unmerged pull request #791, which is linked here, to learn why it was not merged before you begin. The issue asks for a deprecation warning when None is passed as a plugin instance, so find where plugins are registered in pluggy and check how existing deprecations are emitted. Done means a warning is raised for None and a test confirms it.

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Description

Lets add a deprecation warning

Originally posted by @RonnyPfannschmidt in #749

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