>> Monkey patching is a common practice in Python. test_os.py replaces >> os.exec*() functions temporary for example. > > Perhaps for testing, but I don't think monkey-patching is common in > production code. Perhaps you are thinking of Ruby :)
The gevent library does monkey-patch os.fork (and time.sleep and many other functions), but gevent is maybe not ready for production? :-) Victor _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
