Add a "defaults" dict to mocker to allow changing defaults that are passed to mock.patch

I always use autospec=True in when patching objects. I think this helps to uncover bad mock calls.

Perhaps it would be nice to be able to set this as a default value. E.g.:

def pytest_configure(mocker_config):
    mocker_config.default_autospec = True

@remcohaszing

Sorry, this went under the radar.

Perhaps it would be better to add this as a pytest.ini option?

[pytest]
mock_autospec_default=true

Adding an option feels dirty to me: then we end up with a lot of them in the end probably?!

What about overriding the mocker fixture in your conftest to adjust it like you need it (see #37 (comment))?

@blueyed

@blueyed you got a point, we may end up with a lot of options, which doesn't really scale.

So I'm assuming @blueyed means something like this:

# content of test_foo.py
@pytest.fixture
def mocker(mocker):
    mocker.defaults['autospec'] = True

The cool thing is that you can adjust the options per-test, per-module, or even the entire test suite:

# content of conftest.py
@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
def mocker(mocker):
    mocker.defaults['autospec'] = True

I like it. 😁

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