On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 06:17:54PM +0200, Markus Meskanen wrote:
> Well yes, but I think you're a bit too fast on labeling it a mistake to use
> monkey patching...
More importantly, I think we're being a bit too quick to label this
technique "monkey-patching" at all. Monkey-patching (or MP for br
Another point of view:
Some call it monkeypatching. Others call it configuration.
There's room for both views and I don't see anything wrong with
configuration using this kind of feature.
Sven
On 10.02.2017 17:17, Markus Meskanen wrote:
Well yes, but I think you're a bit too fast on labeli
On 10 February 2017 at 16:09, Markus Meskanen wrote:
> But if people are gonna do it anyways with the tools provided (monkey
> patching), why not provide them with better tools?
Because encouraging and making it easier for people to make mistakes
is the wrong thing to do, surely?
Paul
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Well yes, but I think you're a bit too fast on labeling it a mistake to use
monkey patching...
On Feb 10, 2017 18:15, "Paul Moore" wrote:
On 10 February 2017 at 16:09, Markus Meskanen
wrote:
> But if people are gonna do it anyways with the tools provided (monkey
> patching), why not provide th
blem worse by providing
> first-class tools to do it.
>
> Top-posted from my Windows Phone
> --
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> Sent: 2/10/2017 8:27
> To: Python-Ideas
> Subject: Re: [Python-ideas] Fwd: Define a method or function
> attributeout
it.
Top-posted from my Windows Phone
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On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 1:1
