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| author | Michael Foord <michael@voidspace.org.uk> | 2012-03-28 14:32:08 (GMT) |
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| committer | Michael Foord <michael@voidspace.org.uk> | 2012-03-28 14:32:08 (GMT) |
| commit | 901553668a4505d9c101ad9fe7edd6bd15a252ba (patch) | |
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| parent | 54b3db8c849e039c6d43141bd1351d6eb743679d (diff) | |
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Adding an example to unittest.mock.patch documentation
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diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst index 2fe5849..df6665b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst +++ b/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst @@ -984,6 +984,15 @@ patch `patch.dict(...)`, `patch.multiple(...)` and `patch.object(...)` are available for alternate use-cases. +`patch` as function decorator, creating the mock for you and passing it into +the decorated function: + + >>> @patch('__main__.SomeClass') + ... def function(mock_class): + ... print(mock_class is SomeClass) + ... + >>> function() + True Patching a class replaces the class with a `MagicMock` *instance*. If the class is instantiated in the code under test then it will be the |