Adding 'args' and 'kwargs' attribute to Mock

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I find myself often writing the following in my tests:

    m = Mock()
    m.foo("bar", baz="baz")

    args = m.foo.call_args[0]
    kwargs = m.foo.call_args[1]

    self.assertEqual(args, ("bar"))
    self.assertEqual(kwargs, {'baz': "baz"}

I thought it could be more readable if Mock had an 'args' and a 'kwargs' 
attributes with these values:

    self.assertEqual(m.foo.args, ("bar"))
    self.assertEqual(m.foo.kwargs, {'baz': "baz"})

There is a patch attached that does just that.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Rodrigue...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2012 at 8:23

Attachments:

• args_kwargs.diff

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"args" and "kwargs" attributes on mocks could clash with user defined 
attributes on objects.

It looks like we'll be adding args and kwargs attributes to the call objects 
instead. See issue 164:

http://code.google.com/p/mock/issues/detail?id=164 

Original comment by fuzzyman on 3 Sep 2012 at 8:41

• Changed state: WontFix
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect