On 20May2013 19:09, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: | On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: | > _lock = Lock() | > | > def lprint(*a, **kw): | > global _lock | > with _lock: | > print(*a, **kw) | > | > and use lprint() everywhere? | | Fun little hack: | | def print(*args,print=print,lock=Lock(),**kwargs): | with lock: | print(*args,**kwargs) | | Question: Is this a cool use or a horrible abuse of the scoping rules?
I carefully avoided monkey patching print itself:-) That's... mad! I can see what the end result is meant to be, but it looks like a debugging nightmare. Certainly my scoping-fu is too weak to see at a glance how it works. -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> I will not do it as a hack I will not do it for my friends I will not do it on a Mac I will not write for Uncle Sam I will not do it on weekends I won't do ADA, Sam-I-Am - Gregory Bond <g...@bby.com.au> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list