Modifying global variables in Python unittest framework

Question

I am working on a series of unit tests in Python, some of which depend on the value of a configuration variable. These variables are stored in a global Python config file an

Answer 1

You code imports MY_CONFIG_VARIABLE into the local scope and then immediately overwrites the name with a different object. That won't change the value in the config module. Try

import config
config.MY_CONFIG_VARIABLE = False

instead.