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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/unittest/mock.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/unittest/mock.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/mock.py b/Lib/unittest/mock.py index 83026e6f3b..6b7f293bc5 100644 --- a/Lib/unittest/mock.py +++ b/Lib/unittest/mock.py @@ -2425,15 +2425,14 @@ class PropertyMock(Mock): def seal(mock): - """Disable the automatic generation of "submocks" + """Disable the automatic generation of child mocks. Given an input Mock, seals it to ensure no further mocks will be generated when accessing an attribute that was not already defined. - Submocks are defined as all mocks which were created DIRECTLY from the - parent. If a mock is assigned to an attribute of an existing mock, - it is not considered a submock. - + The operation recursively seals the mock passed in, meaning that + the mock itself, any mocks generated by accessing one of its attributes, + and all assigned mocks without a name or spec will be sealed. """ mock._mock_sealed = True for attr in dir(mock): |