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 labeling it a mistake to use monkey patching...


On Feb 10, 2017 18:15, "Paul Moore" <p.f.mo...@gmail.com <mailto:p.f.mo...@gmail.com>> wrote:

    On 10 February 2017 at 16:09, Markus Meskanen
    <markusmeska...@gmail.com <mailto:markusmeska...@gmail.com>> 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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