MoxAnything should not implement the method __str__, otherwise callers won't be

able to mock __str__ calls.



git-svn-id: http://pymox.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@48 b1010a0a-674b-0410-b734-77272b80c875

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mox.py b/mox.py
index ef28789..0248dbb 100755
--- a/mox.py
+++ b/mox.py
@@ -423,9 +423,6 @@ class MockAnything:
     self._description = description
     self._Reset()
 
-  def __str__(self):
-    return "<MockAnything instance at %s>" % id(self)
-
   def __repr__(self):
     return '<MockAnything instance>'
 
diff --git a/mox_test.py b/mox_test.py
index 9849339..58142f6 100755
--- a/mox_test.py
+++ b/mox_test.py
@@ -490,6 +490,13 @@ class MockAnythingTest(unittest.TestCase):
     """Calling repr on a MockAnything instance must work."""
     self.assertEqual('<MockAnything instance>', repr(self.mock_object))
 
+  def testCanMockStr(self):
+    self.mock_object.__str__().AndReturn("foo");
+    self.mock_object._Replay()
+    actual = str(self.mock_object)
+    self.mock_object._Verify();
+    self.assertEquals("foo", actual)
+
   def testSetupMode(self):
     """Verify the mock will accept any call."""
     self.mock_object.NonsenseCall()