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[–] 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

Quickest way to get a test suite so tightly coupled to structure rather than behavior that even just looking at the tests wrong makes them fail. But technically you do get test coverage I guess. Goodhart's law in action.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    It's not really that different from like

    
my_get_mock = Mock(side_effect=Some exception("oh no"))
result = some_func(http_getter=my_get_mock)

    There's many ways of writing bad code and tests, but mocks and patches aren't always a bad tool. But sure, you can definitely fuck things up with them.

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