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Is there a specific example using `unittest.mock.patch` that might trigger this error?
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Yes. Consider the following: ```python def get_data(): return (1, 2) def process_data(data): a, b = data # Potential error if get_data() returns fewer than 2 values process_data(get_data()) ``` If `get_data()` is modified to return `(1,)` (a tuple with only one element), the unpack operation `a, b = data` in `process_data()` will raise the `ValueError`. Patching `get_data` to return `(1, 2)` or using `mock.patch` with `return_value=(1, 2)` will resolve the problem.