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Created August 7, 2012 02:36
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Hack to mock the python True object
import mock
class AlmostAlwaysTrue(object):
def __init__(self, total_iterations=1):
self.total_iterations = total_iterations
self.current_iteration = 0
def __nonzero__(self):
if self.current_iteration < self.total_iterations:
self.current_iteration += 1
return bool(1)
return bool(0)
with mock.patch('__builtin__.True', AlmostAlwaysTrue(4)):
while True:
print "Loop!"
daltonmatos@jetta wsgid % python mocktrue.py
Loop!
Loop!
Loop!
Loop!
daltonmatos@jetta wsgid %
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Thanks! Though I don't need to change the value of True, this snippet did show me how to work around Python 2.7 mock's lack of ability to mock __bool__: you instead mock __nonzero__.

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