On Tue, 26 Apr 2022 at 22:56, Greg Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > > On 26/04/22 12:33 pm, Chris Angelico wrote: > > That's exactly what I mean though: if the only difference between > > "monkeypatching" and "not monkeypatching" is whether it was intended, > > then the only difference is what you call it. > > No, it's not just a matter of what you call it. > > If I lose my keys and have to break into my house, it's not > illegal. But if someone else breaks into my house without my > permission, that is illegal. It doesn't matter if the thief > *calls* it legal, there's still a difference. >
That would be the case if monkeypatching were illegal. Since it's not, wherein lies the difference? ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/4FZTF4TIQY7CEZCQX4FLKS2JOUWZGQ5P/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
