def _bail_if_private()

in testslide/lib.py [0:0]

• 12 lines of code
• 5 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def _bail_if_private(candidate: str, allow_private: bool) -> None:
    if (
        candidate.startswith("_")
        and not allow_private
        and not (candidate.startswith("__") and candidate.endswith("__"))
    ):
        raise ValueError(
            "It's disencouraged to patch/mock private interfaces.\n"
            "This would result in way too coupled tests and implementation. "
            "Please consider using patterns like dependency injection instead. "
            "If you really need to do this use the allow_private=True argument."
        )