What is difference between python mock and magic mock? [duplicate]

Question

What is difference between python mock and magic mock, because I could see

>>> dir(Mock()) == dir(MagicMock())
True

when to use mock obj & when to use MagicMock obj??

Answer 1

MagicMock is a subclass of Mock with default implementations of many magic methods. You can use MagicMock without having to configure the magic methods yourself.

I suppose the code above is to affect most of magic methods to your mock automatically

check this guide it may help you Magic Methods

and official doc https://docs.python.org/2/reference/datamodel.html#special-method-names