diff -r 64afd5cab40a -r 6cbd51376ecb Lib/unittest/mock.py --- a/Lib/unittest/mock.py Tue Dec 13 19:03:51 2016 -0500 +++ b/Lib/unittest/mock.py Wed Dec 14 10:39:42 2016 +0800 @@ -1963,7 +1963,8 @@ """ def __new__(cls, value=(), name=None, parent=None, two=False, from_kall=True): - name = '' + if name is None: + name = '' args = () kwargs = {} _len = len(value)