mock class decorator? about mock HOT 11 CLOSED

What would mock do as a class decorator?

it would wrap every test method in a testcase

Wrap every test method in a testcase? Eh? (In unittest all test methods become 
separate TestCase instances anyway.) What does that have to do with mock?

Do you mean patch as a class decorator, automatically wrapping a patch 
decorator round every test method instead of having to decorate them separately?

> Do you mean patch as a class decorator, automatically wrapping a patch 
decorator round every test method instead of having to decorate them separately?

Exactly :)

Right - so given your comment on issue 30 I think what you mean is to allow 
patch to work as a class decorator; the equivalent of patching every test 
method. That sounds like a good feature. Again, I would be open to patches 
(with tests and docs).

Want to help me maintain mock? There are lots of open issues here you could 
comment on...

Sure, I'll get to it this evening.

Test methods are unfortunately identified by the TestLoader.testMethodPrefix 
attribute. That means from a TestCase class you can't *tell* which methods will 
later be used as tests. 

For initial implementation we could recognise test methods as ones that start 
with 'test'. Maybe consider making it configurable as a feature request for 
future releases.