From: Dave Borowitz <[email protected]>
Change-Id: I4808d93cd78d2ace4c30ad0b5e10e3c47cb05978
---
dulwich/tests/utils.py | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dulwich/tests/utils.py b/dulwich/tests/utils.py
index f2ae54a..f581a12 100644
--- a/dulwich/tests/utils.py
+++ b/dulwich/tests/utils.py
@@ -57,10 +57,23 @@ def tear_down_repo(repo):
def make_object(cls, **attrs):
"""Make an object for testing and assign some members.
+ This method creates a new subclass to allow arbitrary attribute
+ reassignment, which is not otherwise possible with objects having
__slots__.
+
:param attrs: dict of attributes to set on the new object.
:return: A newly initialized object of type cls.
"""
- obj = cls()
+
+ class TestObject(cls):
+ """Class that inherits from the given class, but without __slots__.
+
+ Note that classes with __slots__ can't have arbitrary attributes
monkey-
+ patched in, so this is a class that is exactly the same only with a
+ __dict__ instead of __slots__.
+ """
+ pass
+
+ obj = TestObject()
for name, value in attrs.iteritems():
setattr(obj, name, value)
return obj
--
1.7.1
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