On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:26:14 +0200 Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 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? :-) Extensive monkey-patching of core OS functions would certainly make me weary of using such a third-party library, even if it claims to be "serious". Regards Antoine. -- Software development and contracting: http://pro.pitrou.net _______________________________________________ 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
