bpo-38473: Handle autospecced functions and methods used with attach_mock (GH-16784)

Author: tirkarthi

Lib/unittest/mock.py

@@ -817,6 +817,10 @@ def _get_call_signature_from_name(self, name):
             if child is None or isinstance(child, _SpecState):
                 break
             else:
+                # If an autospecced object is attached using attach_mock the
+                # child would be a function with mock object as attribute from
+                # which signature has to be derived.
+                child = _extract_mock(child)
                 children = child._mock_children
                 sig = child._spec_signature
 

Lib/unittest/test/testmock/testmock.py

@@ -1922,6 +1922,35 @@ def test_attach_mock_patch_autospec(self):
             self.assertEqual(mock_func.mock._extract_mock_name(), 'mock.child')
 
 
+    def test_attach_mock_patch_autospec_signature(self):
+        with mock.patch(f'{__name__}.Something.meth', autospec=True) as mocked:
+            manager = Mock()
+            manager.attach_mock(mocked, 'attach_meth')
+            obj = Something()
+            obj.meth(1, 2, 3, d=4)
+            manager.assert_has_calls([call.attach_meth(mock.ANY, 1, 2, 3, d=4)])
+            obj.meth.assert_has_calls([call(mock.ANY, 1, 2, 3, d=4)])
+            mocked.assert_has_calls([call(mock.ANY, 1, 2, 3, d=4)])
+
+        with mock.patch(f'{__name__}.something', autospec=True) as mocked:
+            manager = Mock()
+            manager.attach_mock(mocked, 'attach_func')
+            something(1)
+            manager.assert_has_calls([call.attach_func(1)])
+            something.assert_has_calls([call(1)])
+            mocked.assert_has_calls([call(1)])
+
+        with mock.patch(f'{__name__}.Something', autospec=True) as mocked:
+            manager = Mock()
+            manager.attach_mock(mocked, 'attach_obj')
+            obj = Something()
+            obj.meth(1, 2, 3, d=4)
+            manager.assert_has_calls([call.attach_obj(),
+                                      call.attach_obj().meth(1, 2, 3, d=4)])
+            obj.meth.assert_has_calls([call(1, 2, 3, d=4)])
+            mocked.assert_has_calls([call(), call().meth(1, 2, 3, d=4)])
+
+
     def test_attribute_deletion(self):
         for mock in (Mock(), MagicMock(), NonCallableMagicMock(),
                      NonCallableMock()):

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-10-14-21-14-55.bpo-38473.uXpVld.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Use signature from inner mock for autospecced methods attached with
+:func:`unittest.mock.attach_mock`. Patch by Karthikeyan Singaravelan.