Issue 17826. Setting an iterable side_effect on a mock created by create_autospec now works
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8fe2cf4..af528f3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- Issue #17826: setting an iterable side_effect on a mock function created by
+  create_autospec now works. Patch by Kushal Das.
+
 - Issue #20968: unittest.mock.MagicMock now supports division.
   Patch by Johannes Baiter.
 
diff --git a/mock.py b/mock.py
index 6a9c901..d47c3f1 100644
--- a/mock.py
+++ b/mock.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 from six import wraps
 
 
+inPy3k = sys.version_info[0] == 3
+
+
 try:
     inspectsignature = inspect.signature
 except AttributeError:
@@ -102,11 +105,15 @@
     # Python 2.4 compatibility
     BaseException = Exception
 
-try:
-    next
-except NameError:
-    def next(obj):
-        return obj.next()
+if not inPy3k:
+    # Python 2's next() can't handle a non-iterator with a __next__ method.
+    _next = next
+    def next(obj, _next=_next):
+        if getattr(obj, '__next__', None):
+            return obj.__next__()
+        return _next(obj)
+
+    del _next
 
 
 BaseExceptions = (BaseException,)
@@ -127,9 +134,6 @@
             return False
         return regex.match(string)
 
-
-inPy3k = sys.version_info[0] == 3
-
 self = 'im_self'
 builtin = '__builtin__'
 if inPy3k:
@@ -465,7 +469,14 @@
         value._mock_name = name
     return True
 
-
+# Internal class to identify if we wrapped an iterator object or not.
+class _MockIter(object):
+    def __init__(self, obj):
+        self.obj = iter(obj)
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+    def __next__(self):
+        return next(self.obj)
 
 class Base(object):
     _mock_return_value = DEFAULT
@@ -617,7 +628,11 @@
         delegated = self._mock_delegate
         if delegated is None:
             return self._mock_side_effect
-        return delegated.side_effect
+        sf = delegated.side_effect
+        if sf is not None and not callable(sf) and not isinstance(sf, _MockIter):
+            sf = _MockIter(sf)
+            delegated.side_effect = sf
+        return sf
 
     def __set_side_effect(self, value):
         value = _try_iter(value)
diff --git a/tests/testmock.py b/tests/testmock.py
index d03da18..fd184db 100644
--- a/tests/testmock.py
+++ b/tests/testmock.py
@@ -178,6 +178,24 @@
         mock = Mock(side_effect=side_effect, return_value=sentinel.RETURN)
         self.assertEqual(mock(), sentinel.RETURN)
 
+    def test_autospec_side_effect(self):
+        # Test for issue17826
+        results = [1, 2, 3]
+        def effect():
+            return results.pop()
+        def f():
+            pass
+
+        mock = create_autospec(f)
+        mock.side_effect = [1, 2, 3]
+        self.assertEqual([mock(), mock(), mock()], [1, 2, 3],
+                          "side effect not used correctly in create_autospec")
+        # Test where side effect is a callable
+        results = [1, 2, 3]
+        mock = create_autospec(f)
+        mock.side_effect = effect
+        self.assertEqual([mock(), mock(), mock()], [3, 2, 1],
+                          "callable side effect not used correctly")
 
     @unittest.skipUnless('java' in sys.platform,
                           'This test only applies to Jython')