Unittest - testing properties (read-only attributes)

[Peter Hansen]

Roy Smith wrote:
> You want something like
> 
> self.assertRaises(AttributeError, lambda: self.combat.value = 1)

Or, combining the two responses and avoiding the lambda:

  self.assertRaises(AttributeError, setattr, self.combat, 'value', 1)

Hmm... this might be a case where the lambda form is actually the
more readable one...

-Peter