Pekka Klärck

Remove `Reserved` library

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The Reserved library contains keywords `For`, `While`, `Break`, `Continue`, `End`, `If`, `Else`, `Elif`, `Else If`, and `Return`. Using them fails with a message telling that the keyword name is reserved...

Support removing tags set globally by using `-tag` syntax with `[Tags]` setting

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Currently it is possible to use the `Default Tags` setting to specify tags that tests have by default but that can be overridden by individual tests by using the `[Tags]`...

Currently when giving an alias for an imported library we can use the `WITH NAME` syntax: ```robotframework *** Settings *** Library RealName WITH NAME Alias ``` I propose we change...

Support nested keywords with library keywords

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Library keywords can execute methods freely, but methods aren't shown in the log file as child keywords. For example, ```python def do_something(): do_first_thing('example') do_second_thing() ``` will in the log file...

Better API for library keywords to execute other keywords

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It is a relatively common need for library keywords to be able to run other keywords. One good example is SeleniumLibrary, that makes it possible to register a keyword that...

Clean-up semi-public API to register "run keyword variants" and to disable variable resolving in arguments

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Robot has a mechanism to disable resolving variables in arguments using `robot.libraries.BuiltIn.register_run_keyword` method. This also makes the method so called "run keyword variant" which slightly changes the logic how the...

Issue #4369 proposes renaming `WITH NAME` in library imports to `AS`. This first step is adding `AS` as an alias for `WITH NAME` in data (#4371, RF 5.1) and this...

Process: Change the default `stdin` behavior from `subprocess.PIPE` to `None`

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We currently start processes using `stdin=subprocess.PIPE` by default. That typically works fine, but issue #4065 demonstrates it can cause problems with some processes. It would be better to use `stdin=None`...

Python 3.6 [reached end-of-life](https://endoflife.date/python) in December 2021. We don't yet have concrete estimation when RF 6.0 will be released, or even when the development starts, but my guesstimate is that...

Performance enhancements for getting timestamps and calculating elapsed times

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We currently have our own `get_timestamp` function for getting the current timestamp and `get_elapsed_time` for calculating the difference between two timestamps as milliseconds. ```python >>> t1 = get_timestamp() >>> t2...