Smart dummy objects

[Jp Calderone]

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:30:40 +0000, Jonathan Fine <jfine at pytex.org> wrote:
>I'd appreciate comments on what I'm doing.
> 
> Please be kind, I'm a new kid on the block.
> 
> 
> Here's my application.
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> I'm writing some test code.
> 
> (I'm a recent convert to unit testing.)
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> I want to test a series of changes to an object.
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> The change methods return self, so I can form chains.
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> Like so:
>     x = obj.this().that(12).other(x=3, y=12)
>     assert x is obj
> 

  These are often called "mock objects".  See http://pmock.sourceforge.net/

  Jp