import unittest from unittest.mock import sentinel, DEFAULT class SentinelTest(unittest.TestCase): def testSentinels(self): self.assertEqual(sentinel.whatever, sentinel.whatever, 'sentinel not stored') self.assertNotEqual(sentinel.whatever, sentinel.whateverelse, 'sentinel should be unique') def testSentinelName(self): self.assertEqual(str(sentinel.whatever), 'sentinel.whatever', 'sentinel name incorrect') def testDEFAULT(self): self.assertIs(DEFAULT, sentinel.DEFAULT) def testBases(self): # If this doesn't raise an AttributeError then help(mock) is broken self.assertRaises(AttributeError, lambda: sentinel.__bases__) if __name__ == '__main__': unittest.main()