Fix type annotation

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Releases
 ========
 
+UNRELEASED
+-------------------
+
+* Updated type annotations for ``mocker.patch`` and ``mocker.spy`` (`#364`_).
+
+.. _#364: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-mock/pull/364
+
 3.10.0 (2022-10-05)
 -------------------
 

src/pytest_mock/plugin.py

@@ -27,10 +27,16 @@
 
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 
-if sys.version_info[:2] > (3, 7):
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     AsyncMockType = unittest.mock.AsyncMock
+    MockType = Union[
+        unittest.mock.MagicMock,
+        unittest.mock.AsyncMock,
+        unittest.mock.NonCallableMagicMock,
+    ]
 else:
     AsyncMockType = Any
+    MockType = Union[unittest.mock.MagicMock, unittest.mock.NonCallableMagicMock]
 
 
 class PytestMockWarning(UserWarning):
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ def stop(self, mock: unittest.mock.MagicMock) -> None:
         else:
             raise ValueError("This mock object is not registered")
 
-    def spy(self, obj: object, name: str) -> unittest.mock.MagicMock:
+    def spy(self, obj: object, name: str) -> MockType:
         """
         Create a spy of method. It will run method normally, but it is now
         possible to use `mock` call features with it, like call count.
@@ -205,13 +211,13 @@ def __init__(self, patches_and_mocks, mock_module):
 
         def _start_patch(
             self, mock_func: Any, warn_on_mock_enter: bool, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any
-        ) -> unittest.mock.MagicMock:
+        ) -> MockType:
             """Patches something by calling the given function from the mock
             module, registering the patch to stop it later and returns the
             mock object resulting from the mock call.
             """
             p = mock_func(*args, **kwargs)
-            mocked = p.start()  # type: unittest.mock.MagicMock
+            mocked: MockType = p.start()
             self.__patches_and_mocks.append((p, mocked))
             if hasattr(mocked, "reset_mock"):
                 # check if `mocked` is actually a mock object, as depending on autospec or target
@@ -242,7 +248,7 @@ def object(
             autospec: Optional[object] = None,
             new_callable: object = None,
             **kwargs: Any
-        ) -> unittest.mock.MagicMock:
+        ) -> MockType:
             """API to mock.patch.object"""
             if new is self.DEFAULT:
                 new = self.mock_module.DEFAULT
@@ -271,7 +277,7 @@ def context_manager(
             autospec: Optional[builtins.object] = None,
             new_callable: builtins.object = None,
             **kwargs: Any
-        ) -> unittest.mock.MagicMock:
+        ) -> MockType:
             """This is equivalent to mock.patch.object except that the returned mock
             does not issue a warning when used as a context manager."""
             if new is self.DEFAULT:
@@ -299,7 +305,7 @@ def multiple(
             autospec: Optional[builtins.object] = None,
             new_callable: Optional[builtins.object] = None,
             **kwargs: Any
-        ) -> Dict[str, unittest.mock.MagicMock]:
+        ) -> Dict[str, MockType]:
             """API to mock.patch.multiple"""
             return self._start_patch(
                 self.mock_module.patch.multiple,
@@ -341,7 +347,7 @@ def __call__(
             autospec: Optional[builtins.object] = ...,
             new_callable: None = ...,
             **kwargs: Any
-        ) -> unittest.mock.MagicMock:
+        ) -> MockType:
             ...
 
         @overload