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Adding an example to unittest.mock.patch documentation

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Michael Foord 2012-03-28 15:32:08 +01:00
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`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