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Mock.__class__

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attribute of Mock (source) 
Normally the __class__ attribute of an object will return its type. For a mock object with a spec, __class__ returns the spec class instead. This allows mock objects to pass isinstance() tests for the object they are replacing / masquerading as:
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1 Example
>>> mock = Mock()
>>> mock.__class__ = dict
>>> isinstance(mock, dict)
True
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