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A decorator for easily mocking out multiple dependencies by monkey-patching.

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A decorator for easily mocking out multiple dependencies by monkey-patching. Example:

# my_package.my_module
from third_party_package import expensive_fn
from my_package.other_module import another_expensive_fn

def my_fn():
    if expensive_fn():
        another_expensive_fn()
        local_expensive_fn()


def local_expensive_fn():
    ...


# my_package.test.test_my_module
import simian
from functools import partial
from mock import call
from my_package import my_module


patch_my_fn = partial(
    simian.patch,
    module=my_module,
    module_path='my_package.my_module',
    external=(
        'third_party_package.expensive_fn',
        'my_package.other_module.another_expensive_fn'),
    internal=(
        'local_expensive_fn',))


@patch_my_fn()
def test_my_fn_with_expensive_fn_true(master_mock):
    master_mock.expensive_fn.return_value = True
    my_module.my_fn()
    assert master_mock.mock_calls == [
        call.expensive_fn(),
        call.another_expensive_fn(),
        call.local_expensive_fn()]


@patch_my_fn()
def test_my_fn_with_expensive_fn_false(master_mock):
    master_mock.expensive_fn.return_value = False
    my_module.my_fn()
    assert master_mock.mock_calls == [
        call.expensive_fn()]

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