add ini option to disable string escape for parametrization

Author: ApaDoctor

AUTHORS

@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ Victor Uriarte
 Vidar T. Fauske
 Vitaly Lashmanov
 Vlad Dragos
+Volodymyr Piskun
 Wouter van Ackooy
 Xuan Luong
 Xuecong Liao

_pytest/python.py

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
                   "method discovery")
     parser.addini("disable_test_id_escaping_and_forfeit_all_rights_to_community_support", type="bool",
                   default=False, help="disable string escape non-ascii"
-                                      " characters, might cause unwanted side effects")
+                                      " characters, might cause unwanted side effects(use at your own risk)")
 
     group.addoption("--import-mode", default="prepend",
                     choices=["prepend", "append"], dest="importmode",

changelog/2482.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include new ``disable_test_id_escaping_and_forfeit_all_rights_to_community_support`` option to disable ascii-escaping in parametrized values. This may cause a series of problems and as the name makes clear, use at your own risk.

doc/en/parametrize.rst

@@ -83,7 +83,13 @@ them in turn::
 
     pytest by default escapes any non-ascii characters used in unicode strings
     for the parametrization because it has several downsides.
-    If however you would like to use them, use the option disable_test_id_escaping_and_forfeit_all_rights_to_community_support = True
+    If however you would like to use unicode strings in parametrization, use this option in your ``pytest.ini``:
+
+    .. code-block:: ini
+
+        [pytest]
+        disable_test_id_escaping_and_forfeit_all_rights_to_community_support = True
+
     to disable this behavior, but keep in mind that this might cause unwanted side effects and
     even bugs depending on the OS used and plugins currently installed, so use it at your own risk.