{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/avocado-framework/avocado/issues/899","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/avocado-framework/avocado/issues/899/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/avocado-framework/avocado/issues/899/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/avocado-framework/avocado/issues/899/events","html_url":"https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/issues/899","id":119715658,"number":899,"title":"Skipping tests outside of Setup()","user":{"login":"narasimhan14","id":16101053,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16101053?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/narasimhan14","html_url":"https://github.com/narasimhan14","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/narasimhan14/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/narasimhan14/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/narasimhan14/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/narasimhan14/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/narasimhan14/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/narasimhan14/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/narasimhan14/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/narasimhan14/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/narasimhan14/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-12-01T13:20:09Z","updated_at":"2015-12-01T16:39:28Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Hi,\r\n\r\nCurrently, there is no way to call skip() outside of Setup().\r\nIs there any design restriction in using it that way ?\r\nThere might be use cases for skipping individual.\r\n\r\n--\r\nThanks\r\nNarasimhan V"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/avocado-framework/avocado/issues/comments/161025405","html_url":"https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/issues/899#issuecomment-161025405","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/avocado-framework/avocado/issues/899","id":161025405,"user":{"login":"lmr","id":296807,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/296807?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/lmr","html_url":"https://github.com/lmr","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lmr/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lmr/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lmr/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lmr/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lmr/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lmr/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lmr/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lmr/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lmr/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-01T16:39:27Z","updated_at":"2015-12-01T16:39:27Z","body":"@narasimhan14 yes, like @ldoktor said, it's a conscious design decision, and we argued quite a lot about it, and ultimately decided that the only place to skip a test is inside the setup method."}}