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pekkaklarck opened this issue Jun 22, 2022 · 0 comments
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Deprecate setting tags starting with a hyphen like -tag using the [Tags] setting #4380

pekkaklarck opened this issue Jun 22, 2022 · 0 comments
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alpha 1 deprecation enhancement priority: high
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We are planning to support removing globally set tags using the -tag syntax with the [Tags] setting both with tests and keywords (#4374). Because it is possible that tags using this format have been used, we need to deprecate this syntax first. In practice this kind of usages will cause deprecation warnings:

*** Test Cases ***
Example
    [Tags]    -example
    Keyword

*** Keywords ***
Keyword
    [Tags]    -another
    No Operation

This change applies only to the [Tags] setting, so using the -tag syntax in Settings has no special meaning and will cause no warning. It will also be possible to escape the -tag syntax with the [Tags] setting like \-tag in which case the literal value -tag will be used. Finally, if a tag is specified as a variable, the value is resolved only at the execution time and is used as-is. In practice this example would work without a warning and the test will get tags -example, -another and -third:

*** Settings ***
Test Tags        -example

*** Variables ***
${TAG}           -another

*** Test Cases ***
Example
    [Tags]    \-third    ${TAG}
    Keyword
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