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This is release is in memory of Michael Foord__, who originally authored the mock package
and passed away in January 2025.

__ https://discuss.python.org/t/in-memoriam-michael-foord-1974-2025/78317

• gh-65454: :func:unittest.mock.Mock.attach_mock no longer triggers a call
  to a PropertyMock being attached.

• gh-117765: Improved documentation for :func:unittest.mock.patch.dict

• gh-124176: Add support for :func:dataclasses.dataclass in
  :func:unittest.mock.create_autospec. Now create_autospec will check
  for potential dataclasses and use :func:dataclasses.fields function to
  retrieve the spec information.

• gh-123934: Fix :class:unittest.mock.MagicMock reseting magic methods
  return values after .reset_mock(return_value=True) was called.

• gh-90848: Fixed :func:unittest.mock.create_autospec to configure parent
  mock with keyword arguments.

• gh-113569: Indicate if there were no actual calls in unittest
  :meth:~unittest.mock.Mock.assert_has_calls failure.

• gh-122858: Deprecate :func:!asyncio.iscoroutinefunction in favor of
  :func:inspect.iscoroutinefunction.

• gh-104745: Limit starting a patcher (from :func:unittest.mock.patch or
  :func:unittest.mock.patch.object) more than once without stopping it

• gh-75988: Fixed :func:unittest.mock.create_autospec to pass the call
  through to the wrapped object to return the real result.

• gh-119600: Fix :func:unittest.mock.patch to not read attributes of the
  target when new_callable is set. Patch by Robert Collins.

• gh-113407: Fix import of :mod:unittest.mock when CPython is built
  without docstrings.

• gh-120732: Fix name passing to :class:unittest.mock.Mock object when
  using :func:unittest.mock.create_autospec.