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 mock
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-**``mock``** is a library for testing in Python. As of Python 3.3, it is 
+``mock`` is a library for testing in Python. As of Python 3.3, it is 
 available in the `standard library <http://docs.python.org/dev/library/unittest.mock`_.  
 
 For older versions of Python: