fix: allow caching of parameterized fixtures

The fix for Issue pytest-dev#6541 caused regression where cache hits became
cache misses, unexpectedly.  Attempt to restore the previous behavior,
while also retaining the fix for the bug.

Fixes: Issue pytest-dev#6962

AUTHORS

@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ Nicholas Devenish
 Nicholas Murphy
 Niclas Olofsson
 Nicolas Delaby
+Nicolas Simonds
 Nico Vidal
 Nikolay Kondratyev
 Nipunn Koorapati

changelog/6962.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+allow caching of parameterized fixtures

src/_pytest/fixtures.py

@@ -1056,9 +1056,16 @@ def execute(self, request: SubRequest) -> FixtureValue:
         my_cache_key = self.cache_key(request)
         if self.cached_result is not None:
             cache_key = self.cached_result[1]
-            # note: comparison with `==` can fail (or be expensive) for e.g.
-            # numpy arrays (#6497).
-            if my_cache_key is cache_key:
+
+            # note: `__eq__` is not required to return a bool, and sometimes
+            # doesn't, e.g., numpy arrays (#6497).  Coerce the comparison
+            # into a bool, and if that fails, fall back to an identity check.
+            try:
+                cache_hit = bool(my_cache_key == cache_key)
+            except (ValueError, RuntimeError):
+                cache_hit = my_cache_key is cache_key
+
+            if cache_hit:
                 if self.cached_result[2] is not None:
                     exc, exc_tb = self.cached_result[2]
                     raise exc.with_traceback(exc_tb)