Mock spec not respected for attributes prefixed with assert #100739
Description
Bug report
Example:
from unittest.mock import Mock
class Foo:
def assert_something(self):
pass
m = Mock(spec=Foo)
m.assert_something()An exception is raised:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/Users/cklein/github/cklein/cpython/Lib/unittest/mock.py", line 657, in __getattr__
raise AttributeError(
AttributeError: 'assert_something' is not a valid assertion. Use a spec for the mock if 'assert_something' is meant to be an attribute.Python 3.9 and lower:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/unittest/mock.py", line 635, in __getattr__
raise AttributeError("Attributes cannot start with 'assert' "
AttributeError: Attributes cannot start with 'assert' or 'assret'The error message suggests that accessing attributes with prefix "assert_" should work when using a spec.
See cklein@735ffc4 for a possible fix
Your environment
- CPython versions tested on:
- 3.12.0a3+
- 3.11.1
- 3.10.9
- 3.9.16
- 3.8.16
- 3.7.16
- Operating system and architecture:
- Darwin 21.6.0 on arm64
- Linux 5.4.0-1088-aws on x86_64 (only Python 3.7.5 and 3.8.0)