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Don't do that. Python already doesn't really allow for overloaded functions (compared to other languages). And Fixtures can already be extended using different names.

@pytest.fixture
def values() -> list[int]:
    return [1,2,3]


@pytest.fixture
def new_values(values: list[int]) -> list[int]:
    return values + [4,5,6]

Another consideration of why your idea is bad... What happens when unit test are run in a different order? If your base is subclassed multiple times, how are the "values" fixture meant to be overwritten?


# Bad ideas are bad.
class Base:
    @pytest.fixture
    def values(self) -> list[int]:
        return [1,2,3]

class TestChildA(Base):
    @pytest.fixture
    def values(self, values) -> list[int]:
        return values + [4,5,6]  # does this include 7,8,9?

class TestChildB(Base):
    @pytest.fixture
    def values(self, values) -> list[int]:
        return values + [7,8,9]  # does this also include 4,5,6?

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