Alex Ronquillo

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Backend Developer at thelab and previously Software Engineer at Youversion. An avid Pythonista passionate about writing and game development, with current interests in testing and building tools to help other developers

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Programming Accessing Return Values of Patched Methods in Python Mock

Learn how to access return values of patched methods in Python's Mock library. Implement spy functionality without infinite recursion using side_effect and wraps techniques.

#mock
#python
#recursion
#spy
#testing
#unittest

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03/29/2026, 06:11 PM