CONSTRUCT - Python's way of Ruby's "alias_method"

[Slawomir Nowaczyk]

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:28:39 +0300
Ilias Lazaridis <ilias at lazaridis.com> wrote:

#> *IMPORT*
#> 
#> I would like to know, if this construct is valid, or if it can
#> result in problems (that I do not see as a newcomer):

The intricacies of import are far beyond me, but FWIW I do not see
anything wrong in this code.

#> Is there any way (beside a patch) to alter the behaviour to an
#> existing function.

You can just assign new function to the old name. There are a few
loops to hop through if you want to alter the behaviour of an existing
*method*... There is an example -- I do not know if a good one -- here:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/52192

-- 
 Best wishes,
   Slawomir Nowaczyk
     ( Slawomir.Nowaczyk at cs.lth.se )

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