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How to fail an import in tests
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mock_import.py
import mock
import sys
class Finder(object):
def find_module(self, name, path=None):
print name, path
raise ImportError
import threading
with mock.patch.object(sys, 'meta_path', [Finder()]):
sys.modules.pop('threading', None)
import threading
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