When I define a function and patch it using the with statement it runs fine. Output: My understanding is that using the with statement would cause the __enter__ and __exit__ methods to be called on the patch object. So I thought that would be equivalent to doing this: The output from the some_func call is the same in this case:
Tag: patch
mocking/patching the value of a computed attribute from a classmethod
I am attempting to write a test for a function which calls an object’s classmethod — this classmethod goes on to return a new instance of that class. There are plenty of examples of patching class attributes both here on stackoverflow and elsewhere but I am having difficulty understanding how to patch attribute/value such that I can test my function.
How to patch a constant in Python using a mock as function parameter
I’m trying to understand the different ways to patch a constant in Python using mock.patch. My goal is to be able to use a variable defined in my Test class as the patching value for my constant. I’ve found this question which explains how to patch a constant: How to patch a constant in python And this question which explains