# Why avoid mocks

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/why-avoid-mocks/1396>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** mocks\
**Created:** [August 18, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/why-avoid-mocks/1396 "2016-08-18T19:59:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![kujua](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/kujua/32/1446_2.png) [@kujua](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/kujua)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/why-avoid-mocks/1396/13 "2016-08-20T19:37:24Z")

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I know, it is not re-assigning. - This is why I said “workaround for immutability”. It looks like.

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