ExceptionInfo.for_later() wont add assertion strip text

[picnixz]

Using exc_info.exconly(tryshort=True) is meant to remove AssertionError: from the exception message according to (ref)

When 'tryshort' resolves to True, and the exception is an AssertionError, only the actual exception part of the exception representation is returned (so 'AssertionError: ' is removed from the beginning).

However, this is not the case. In addition, the tests do not assert this behaviour:

pytest/testing/code/test_excinfo.py

Lines 332 to 339 in 4489528

	def test_excinfo_exconly():
	excinfo = pytest.raises(ValueError, h)
	assert excinfo.exconly().startswith("ValueError")
	with pytest.raises(ValueError) as excinfo:
	raise ValueError("hello\nworld")
	msg = excinfo.exconly(tryshort=True)
	assert msg.startswith("ValueError")
	assert msg.endswith("world")

MWE

cat <<-EOF > excinfo_exconly.py
import pytest

def test():
    with pytest.raises(AssertionError) as exc_info:
        raise AssertionError('message')

    assert exc_info.exconly(tryshort=True) == 'message'
EOF
pytest excinfo_exconly.py

Environment

Platform:              linux; (Linux-5.14.21-150500.55.52-default-x86_64-with-glibc2.31)
Python version:        3.10.13 (main, Sep 05 2023, 11:46:10) [GCC])
Python implementation: CPython
Pytest version:		   8.0.2

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

pytest/src/_pytest/_code/code.py

Line 503 in 4489528

_striptext = ""

seems to fill the strip text incorrectly in this case

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

the root cause is the for_later helper for making a instance before the exception

we never fill in the strip text for that case

if you create a new exception info object from the value of the one captured the new instance would behave correct

[picnixz]

By the way, here is the current workaround I am using in Sphinx (probably imperfect but suitable for my needs):

def parse_excinfo(excinfo: ExceptionInfo[AssertionError]) -> str:
    assert excinfo.type is AssertionError
    assert excinfo.value is not None
    return str(excinfo.value).removeprefix('AssertionError: ')