How do I use Mox to mock a module function and allow it to be called in almost any way

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I have a function A that call another function B several times. I want to mock B in such a way that any number of calls that have the correct number of arguments, regardless of value, will return a fixed vale and be treated as correct.

If or how many times the the function is called is not a part of the spec.

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 14 '12 at 00:36

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Stub out B normally....

Assuming B accepts 2 arguments and should return 'foo':

B(mox.IgnoreArg(), mox.IgnoreArg()).MultipleTimes().AndReturn('foo')

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BCS

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doesn't seem to handle the zero call case: `ExpectedMethodCallsError: Verify: Expected methods never called` – BCS Dec 06 '13 at 19:15
That's true, and I'm not sure how to fix it... except this is a much easier problem with 'mock' which I now use most of the time. – DonGar May 24 '15 at 18:20

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 06 '10 at 00:38

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def B(*args, **kwds):
   return 'fixed value'

answered Aug 06 '10 at 00:38

nosklo

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And how do I use that with mox?: http://code.google.com/p/pymox/wiki/MoxDocumentation – BCS Aug 06 '10 at 14:45
You don't need Mox for this method. – jeremyjjbrown Dec 31 '15 at 16:19

How do I use Mox to mock a module function and allow it to be called in almost any way

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