[Python-Dev] Redirecting warnings.showwarning to logging

[Tres Seaver]

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Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>> Brett Cannon <brett <at> python.org> writes:
>>> It is specifically there to be overridden (and as an aside, it was a
>>> pain to support in the C port of warnings), so it really isn't
>>> monkey-patching. =)
>> Should we coin a new word for this? Pretty-patching?
> 
> When the module docs tell you it's OK, it's just overriding the
> function. If the docs don't tell you to do it, it's monkey patching :)

Monkey-patching is never inheritance-based:  it means replacing a method
/ attribute of a module or class from a different module, after import time.


Tres.
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