Re: Overriding a function...

2006-06-19 Thread K.S.Sreeram
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: >> 2) Once I assign mymodule.test with override, will modules that >> imported my module *PRIOR* to the assignment get override, or will they >> keep the original function test()? > > They see the `override()` function. That depends on how the import was done. If

Re: Overriding a function...

2006-06-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Suppose I have this module `mymodule.py' - > > # mymodule.py - begin > def test(): > print "original" > # mymodule.py - end > > Now assume that I do this in some arbitrary module -> > > def override(): > print "test is overridden" > > import mymodule > mymodule.t

Re: Overriding a function...

2006-06-19 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1) If mymodule is subsequently imported, will my `override' function be > used, or will python magically `fix' (or break depending on your > perspective) mymodule and use the original mymodule.test function? It will not `fix` it. Importing an al