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+[pytest]
+addopts =
+    # show summary of all tests that did not pass
+    -ra
+    # Make tracebacks shorter
+    --tb=native
+    # capture only Python print and C++ py::print, but not C output (low-level Python errors)
+    --capture=sys
+    # enable all warnings
+    -Wd
+testpaths =
+    test