Suppose I have this module `mymodule.py' -
# mymodule.py - begin
def test():
print original
# mymodule.py - end
Now assume that I do this in some arbitrary module -
def override():
print test is overridden
import mymodule
mymodule.test = override
Two questions -
1) If mymodule is
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1) If mymodule is subsequently imported, will my `override' function be
used, or will python magically `fix' (or break depending on your
perspective) mymodule and use the original mymodule.test function?
It will not `fix` it. Importing an
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Suppose I have this module `mymodule.py' -
# mymodule.py - begin
def test():
print original
# mymodule.py - end
Now assume that I do this in some arbitrary module -
def override():
print test is overridden
import mymodule
mymodule.test = override
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
2) Once I assign mymodule.test with override, will modules that
imported my module *PRIOR* to the assignment get override, or will they
keep the original function test()?
They see the `override()` function.
That depends on how the import was done.
If you do
