Adding an example to unittest.mock.patch documentation
diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.mock.rst
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@@ -984,6 +984,15 @@
`patch.dict(...)`, `patch.multiple(...)` and `patch.object(...)` are
available for alternate use-cases.
+`patch` as function decorator, creating the mock for you and passing it into
+the decorated function:
+
+ >>> @patch('__main__.SomeClass')
+ ... def function(mock_class):
+ ... print(mock_class is SomeClass)
+ ...
+ >>> function()
+ True
Patching a class replaces the class with a `MagicMock` *instance*. If the
class is instantiated in the code under test then it will be the