CONSTRUCT - Adding Functionality to the Overall System

[Steve Holden]

Michele Simionato wrote:
> (I don't believe I am responding to a notorious troll ...)
> 
Believe it. You are. Ain't life a bitch? :-)

> One (bad) solution is to write in your sitecustomize.py the following:
> 
> $ echo /usr/lib/python/sitecustomize.py
> import __builtin__
> 
> class Object(object):
>     def debug(self):
>         print 'some debug info'
> 
> __builtin__.object = Object
> 
> then you can do for instance
> 
> 
>>>>class C(object): pass
>>>>C().debug()
> 
> some debug info
> 
> All class inheriting from object will have the additional debug method.

But sadly not the built-in types like int and str, which is what our 
trollish friend wants to do (for some reason best known to himself).

> However I DO NOT
> RECOMMEND THIS SOLUTION FOR ANY SERIOUS WORK. For instance, it broke my
> IPython installation and I am pretty sure it will broke other things
> too.
> But it may work for debugging purposes, if not for production use, so I
> thought it was worth
> posting.

regards
  Steve
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