[New-bugs-announce] [issue17015] mock could be smarter and inspect the spec's signature

[Antoine Pitrou]

New submission from Antoine Pitrou:

This is a bit annoying:

>>> def f(a, b): pass
... 
>>> mock = Mock(spec=f)
>>> mock(1, 2)
<Mock name='mock()' id='140654219634288'>
>>> mock.assert_called_with(1, 2)
>>> mock.assert_called_with(a=1, b=2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/antoine/cpython/default/Lib/unittest/mock.py", line 726, in assert_called_with
    raise AssertionError(msg)
AssertionError: Expected call: mock(b=2, a=1)
Actual call: mock(1, 2)

This means your test assertions will depend unduly on some code style details (whether some function is called using positional or keyword arguments).
Note: if this is fixed, it should be made to work with method calls too.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 180381
nosy: michael.foord, pitrou
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: mock could be smarter and inspect the spec's signature
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.4

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