Am 6. Juli 2010 16:43 schrieb Luca Bigliardi <[email protected]>:
> +class TestMlockallWithNoCtypes(unittest.TestCase):
> + """Whether Mlockall() raises an error if ctypes is not present.
> +
> + """
> +
> + def setUp(self):
> + self.old_ctypes = utils.ctypes
> + utils.ctypes = None
> +
> + def tearDown(self):
> + utils.ctypes = self.old_ctypes
Don't change other modules' internals in unittests as doing so can
cause bugs very, very difficult to debug. Instead, do something like
this:
def Mlockall(_ctypes=ctypes):
if _ctypes:
_ctypes.….mlockall()
Then you can call Mlockall(_ctypes=None) and
Mlockall(_ctypes=MockCtypes()) in the unittests.
Michael
