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| author | Elena Oat <oat.elena@gmail.com> | 2019-12-08 20:14:38 (GMT) |
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| committer | Chris Withers <chris@withers.org> | 2019-12-08 20:14:38 (GMT) |
| commit | cd90a52983db34896a6335a572d55bdda274778f (patch) | |
| tree | 601b917b63353a957a7763478d3a76480d9bb039 /Lib/unittest/mock.py | |
| parent | 28c91631c24e53713ad0e8a2bbae716373f5e53d (diff) | |
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bpo-38669: patch.object now raises a helpful error (GH17034)
This means a clearer message is now shown when patch.object is called with two string arguments, rather than a class and a string argument.
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diff --git a/Lib/unittest/mock.py b/Lib/unittest/mock.py index b06e29c..cd5a2ae 100644 --- a/Lib/unittest/mock.py +++ b/Lib/unittest/mock.py @@ -1601,6 +1601,10 @@ def _patch_object( When used as a class decorator `patch.object` honours `patch.TEST_PREFIX` for choosing which methods to wrap. """ + if type(target) is str: + raise TypeError( + f"{target!r} must be the actual object to be patched, not a str" + ) getter = lambda: target return _patch( getter, attribute, new, spec, create, |