https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7f632419ffc69a226d8a9e7fa3aa7ac5a3a9f93e
commit: 7f632419ffc69a226d8a9e7fa3aa7ac5a3a9f93e
branch: 3.13
author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]>
committer: encukou <[email protected]>
date: 2024-07-19T10:03:43+02:00
summary:

[3.13] gh-65453: Docs - clarify AttributeError behaviour on PropertyMock 
(GH-121666) (GH-121968)

Fixed at EuroPython 24 sprints.
(cherry picked from commit 94e6644584d9cb08a4edcd1027e288386184816b)

Co-authored-by: Vlastimil Zíma <[email protected]>

files:
M Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst
index d8ba24c3146cf2..2e0e062c64d8a4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst
@@ -860,6 +860,20 @@ object::
     3
     >>> p.assert_called_once_with()
 
+.. caution::
+
+    If an :exc:`AttributeError` is raised by :class:`PropertyMock`,
+    it will be interpreted as a missing descriptor and
+    :meth:`~object.__getattr__` will be called on the parent mock::
+
+        >>> m = MagicMock()
+        >>> no_attribute = PropertyMock(side_effect=AttributeError)
+        >>> type(m).my_property = no_attribute
+        >>> m.my_property
+        <MagicMock name='mock.my_property' id='140165240345424'>
+
+    See :meth:`~object.__getattr__` for details.
+
 
 .. class:: AsyncMock(spec=None, side_effect=None, return_value=DEFAULT, 
wraps=None, name=None, spec_set=None, unsafe=False, **kwargs)
 

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