Suppose I have a class method like this:

def sum(self): var1 = value1_from_database() var2 = value2_from_database() return var1 + var2 

How can I then in the unit test replace the appeal to the database with something of my own?

For example, to get something like this, but only with doublers:

 def test_sum(self): super_alpha_object.var1 = 3 super_alpha_object.var2 = 4 self.assertEqual(super_alpha_object.sum(), 7) 

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