def test_recursive(self): class A(object): def a(self): pass foo = 'foo bar baz' bar = foo A.B = A mock = create_autospec(A) mock() self.assertFalse(mock.B.called) mock.a() mock.B.a() self.assertEqual(mock.method_calls, [call.a(), call.B.a()]) self.assertIs(A.foo, A.bar) self.assertIsNot(mock.foo, mock.bar) mock.foo.lower() self.assertRaises(AssertionError, mock.bar.lower.assert_called_with)