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Author	michael.foord
Recipients	michael.foord, paetling, rbcollins
Date	2015-09-08.14:29:21
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Message-id	<1441722561.78.0.972027427282.issue25000@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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This is actually the specified and documented behaviour of mock when it is passed mutable arguments. Deep copying arguments on calls is rife with potential problems (not everything can be copied and it breaks comparison by identity). The documentation suggests ways around this: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock-examples.html#coping-with-mutable-arguments

This is actually the specified and documented behaviour of mock when it is passed mutable arguments. Deep copying arguments on calls is rife with potential problems (not everything can be copied and it breaks comparison by identity). The documentation suggests ways around this:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock-examples.html#coping-with-mutable-arguments

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Date	User	Action	Args
2015-09-08 14:29:21	michael.foord	set	recipients: + michael.foord, rbcollins, paetling
2015-09-08 14:29:21	michael.foord	set	messageid: <1441722561.78.0.972027427282.issue25000@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2015-09-08 14:29:21	michael.foord	link	issue25000 messages
2015-09-08 14:29:21	michael.foord	create