[issue27376] Add mock_import method to mock module

Irit Katriel added the comment: Closing as that's where the discussion of 2016 was leaning. Please raise this on python-ideas if you would like to bring it up again. -- nosy: +iritkatriel resolution: -> rejected stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed

[issue27376] Add mock_import method to mock module

Israel Fruchter added the comment: Some real use cases is needed, like testing a code that behave differently on case of package availability. I think something like patch for modules can be useful here, so you could have some control on what would be returned. -- nosy: +fruch __

[issue27376] Add mock_import method to mock module

Michael Foord added the comment: Before you spend any more time on this, my current thinking is that this is a bit too specialised to belong in the standard library. I'll wait and see if a preponderance of core devs and other users disagree with me before I close this though. --

[issue27376] Add mock_import method to mock module

Michael Foord added the comment: It's not a use case I've specifically had but I can see its use. I'm uncertain of whether that means it belongs in the module or not. Let me see if I can get some more eyes on this bug. -- ___ Python tracker

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Eyal Posener added the comment: Thanks for the review, Michael. About the use case: I use it for a process with loads code and inspect it's classes and methods. When I run this process, not always I have all the dependencies of the inspected code, so I found myself mocking all those packages

[issue27376] Add mock_import method to mock module

Michael Foord added the comment: Is this for mocking out runtime dependencies that aren't available at test time? It seems like a good way of masking bugs! I'd be happier with a (or at least an option) to specify the imports that should be mocked. The use case should be mentioned in the docs.

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[issue27376] Add mock_import method to mock module

New submission from Eyal Posener: Add mock_import method. A helper function to mask ``ImportError``s on a scoped code, using the ``with`` statement, or in method a method used as a decorator. Failed imports will be ignored, unless specified by the *do_not_mock* argument. The *do_not_mock* argu