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index 13b3133..0f621c8 100644
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@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ a :class:`MagicMock` for you. You can specify an alternative class of :class:`Mo
the *new_callable* argument to :func:`patch`.
-.. class:: Mock(spec=None, side_effect=None, return_value=DEFAULT, wraps=None, name=None, spec_set=None, **kwargs)
+.. class:: Mock(spec=None, side_effect=None, return_value=DEFAULT, wraps=None, name=None, spec_set=None, unsafe=False, **kwargs)
Create a new :class:`Mock` object. :class:`Mock` takes several optional arguments
that specify the behaviour of the Mock object:
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ the *new_callable* argument to :func:`patch`.
this is a new Mock (created on first access). See the
:attr:`return_value` attribute.
+ * *unsafe*: By default if any attribute starts with *assert* or
+ *assret* will raise an :exc:`AttributeError`. Passing ``unsafe=True``
+ will allow access to these attributes.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
* *wraps*: Item for the mock object to wrap. If *wraps* is not None then
calling the Mock will pass the call through to the wrapped object
(returning the real result). Attribute access on the mock will return a
@@ -315,6 +321,20 @@ the *new_callable* argument to :func:`patch`.
>>> calls = [call(4), call(2), call(3)]
>>> mock.assert_has_calls(calls, any_order=True)
+ .. method:: assert_not_called(*args, **kwargs)
+
+ Assert the mock was never called.
+
+ >>> m = Mock()
+ >>> m.hello.assert_not_called()
+ >>> obj = m.hello()
+ >>> m.hello.assert_not_called()
+ Traceback (most recent call last):
+ ...
+ AssertionError: Expected 'hello' to not have been called. Called 1 times.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
.. method:: reset_mock()
@@ -1032,6 +1052,12 @@ patch
default because it can be dangerous. With it switched on you can write
passing tests against APIs that don't actually exist!
+ .. note::
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+ If you are patching builtins in a module then you don't
+ need to pass ``create=True``, it will be added by default.
+
Patch can be used as a :class:`TestCase` class decorator. It works by
decorating each test method in the class. This reduces the boilerplate
code when your test methods share a common patchings set. :func:`patch` finds
@@ -1403,6 +1429,22 @@ It is also possible to stop all patches which have been started by using
Stop all active patches. Only stops patches started with ``start``.
+.. _patch-builtins:
+
+patch builtins
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+You can patch any builtins within a module. The following example patches
+builtin :func:`ord`:
+
+ >>> @patch('__main__.ord')
+ ... def test(mock_ord):
+ ... mock_ord.return_value = 101
+ ... print(ord('c'))
+ ...
+ >>> test()
+ 101
+
+
TEST_PREFIX
~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -1587,7 +1629,7 @@ The full list of supported magic methods is:
* Context manager: ``__enter__`` and ``__exit__``
* Unary numeric methods: ``__neg__``, ``__pos__`` and ``__invert__``
* The numeric methods (including right hand and in-place variants):
- ``__add__``, ``__sub__``, ``__mul__``, ``__div__``, ``__truediv__``,
+ ``__add__``, ``__sub__``, ``__mul__``, ``__matmul__``, ``__div__``, ``__truediv__``,
``__floordiv__``, ``__mod__``, ``__divmod__``, ``__lshift__``,
``__rshift__``, ``__and__``, ``__xor__``, ``__or__``, and ``__pow__``
* Numeric conversion methods: ``__complex__``, ``__int__``, ``__float__``
@@ -2006,7 +2048,7 @@ mock_open
The mock of :meth:`~io.IOBase.read` changed to consume *read_data* rather
than returning it on each call.
- .. versionchanged:: 3.4.4
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.5
*read_data* is now reset on each call to the *mock*.
Using :func:`open` as a context manager is a great way to ensure your file handles
@@ -2023,7 +2065,7 @@ Mocking context managers with a :class:`MagicMock` is common enough and fiddly
enough that a helper function is useful.
>>> m = mock_open()
- >>> with patch('__main__.open', m, create=True):
+ >>> with patch('__main__.open', m):
... with open('foo', 'w') as h:
... h.write('some stuff')
...
@@ -2038,7 +2080,7 @@ enough that a helper function is useful.
And for reading files:
- >>> with patch('__main__.open', mock_open(read_data='bibble'), create=True) as m:
+ >>> with patch('__main__.open', mock_open(read_data='bibble')) as m:
... with open('foo') as h:
... result = h.read()
...