[TIP] mock 0.8 beta 3

Michael Foord michael at voidspace.org.uk
Wed Aug 17 16:17:30 PDT 2011


Hello all,

I've released mock 0.8 beta 3. You can download it it or install it with:

	pip install -U mock==dev

* http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/mock
* http://www.voidspace.org.uk/downloads/mock-0.8.0beta3.tar.gz

mock is a library for testing in Python. It allows you to replace parts of your system under test with mock objects. The latest stable release is 0.7.2, which you can download from pypi.

mock 0.8 beta 3 is now feature complete, and is hopefully the code that will be released as the final version. All that is left is documentation work, so now is the ideal time to try the beta!

mock 0.8 is a big release with lots of improvements. You can read a summary of the new features in the following blog entries:

* http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2011_08_13.shtml#e1224
* http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2011_07_30.shtml#e1223
* http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2011_07_16.shtml#e1220
* http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2011_06_11.shtml#e1219

The important new features in 0.8 include:

* Addition of `mock_calls` list for *all* calls (including magic methods and
  chained calls)
* `patch` and `patch.object` now create a `MagicMock` instead of a `Mock` by
  default
* The patchers (`patch`, `patch.object` and `patch.dict`), plus `Mock` and
  `MagicMock`, take arbitrary keyword arguments for configuration
* New mock assert methods `assert_any_call` and `assert_has_calls`
* Implemented auto-speccing (recursive, lazy speccing of mocks with mocked
  signatures for functions/methods), as the `autospec` argument to `patch`
* Added the `create_autospec` function for manually creating 'auto-specced'
  mocks
* `patch.multiple` for doing multiple patches in a single call, using keyword
  arguments
* Setting `side_effect` to an iterable will cause calls to the mock to return
  the next value from the iterable
* New `new_callable` argument to `patch` and `patch.object` allowing you to
  pass in a class or callable object (instead of `MagicMock`) that will be
  called to replace the object being patched
* Added `ANY` for ignoring arguments in `assert_called_with` calls
* Addition of `call` helper object
* Improved repr for mocks
* Improved repr for `Mock.call_args` and entries in `Mock.call_args_list`,
  `Mock.method_calls` and `Mock.mock_calls`

Other changes include:

* New mock method `configure_mock` for setting attributes and return values /
  side effects on the mock and its attributes
* Addition of `NonCallableMock` and `NonCallableMagicMock`, mocks without a
  `__call__` method
* Addition of `mock_add_spec` method for adding (or changing) a spec on an
  existing mock
* Protocol methods on `MagicMock` are magic mocks, and are created lazily on
  first lookup. This means the result of calling a protocol method is a
  MagicMock instead of a Mock as it was previously
* In Python 2.6 or more recent, `dir` on a mock will report all the dynamically
  created attributes (or the full list of attributes if there is a spec) as
  well as all the mock methods and attributes.
* Module level `FILTER_DIR` added to control whether `dir(mock)` filters
  private attributes. `True` by default. Note that `vars(Mock())` can still be
  used to get all instance attributes and `dir(type(Mock())` will still return
  all the other attributes (irrespective of `FILTER_DIR`)
* `patch.TEST_PREFIX` for controlling how patchers recognise test methods when
  used to decorate a class
* Support for using Java exceptions as a `side_effect` on Jython
* `Mock` call lists (`call_args_list`, `method_calls` & `mock_calls`) are now
  custom list objects that allow membership tests for "sub lists" and have
  a nicer representation if you `str` or `print` them
* Mocks attached as attributes or return values to other mocks have calls
  recorded in `method_calls` and `mock_calls` of the parent (unless a name is
  already set on the child)
* Improved failure messages for `assert_called_with` and
  `assert_called_once_with`
* Added the Mock API (`assert_called_with` etc) to functions created by
  `mocksignature`
* Tuples as well as lists can be used to specify allowed methods for `spec` &
  `spec_set` arguments
* Calling `stop` on an unstarted patcher fails with  a more meaningful error
  message
* BUGFIX: an error creating a patch, with nested patch decorators, won't leave
  patches in place
* BUGFIX: `__truediv__` and `__rtruediv__` not available as magic methods on
  mocks in Python 3
* BUGFIX: `assert_called_with` / `assert_called_once_with` can be used with
  `self` as a keyword argument
* BUGFIX: when patching a class with an explicit spec / spec_set (not a
  boolean) it applies "spec inheritance" to the return value of the created
  mock (the "instance")
* BUGFIX: remove the `__unittest` marker causing traceback truncation

Please try out the new beta and report any issues or give feedback on the new features.

All the best,

Michael Foord

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