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[-] wpb@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 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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