refactor event logging to happen inside the account

python/conftest.py

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+import pytest
+import re
+import threading
+from deltachat import Account
+
+
+def pytest_addoption(parser):
+    parser.addoption(
+        "--liveconfig", action="store", default=None,
+        help="a file with >=2 lines where each line "
+             "contains NAME=VALUE config settings for one account"
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def acfactory(pytestconfig, tmpdir, request):
+    fn = pytestconfig.getoption("--liveconfig")
+    if not fn:
+        pytest.skip("specify a --liveconfig file to run tests with real accounts")
+
+    class AccountMaker:
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.configlist = []
+            for line in open(fn):
+                if line.strip():
+                    d = {}
+                    for part in line.split():
+                        name, value = part.split("=")
+                        d[name] = value
+                    self.configlist.append(d)
+            self.count = 0
+
+        def get_live_account(self, started=True):
+            configdict = self.configlist.pop(0)
+            tmpdb = tmpdir.join("testdb%d" % self.count)
+            ac = Account(tmpdb.strpath)
+            ac.set_config(**configdict)
+            if started:
+                ac.start()
+            request.addfinalizer(ac.shutdown)
+            return ac
+
+    return AccountMaker()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tmp_db_path(tmpdir):
+    return tmpdir.join("test.db").strpath