[Python-Dev] Redirecting warnings.showwarning to logging

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun Nov 23 12:38:32 CET 2008


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 :)

Cheers,
Nick.

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