Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in

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Date	2012-09-05 08:18 +1000
Subject	Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:16 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> io.open depends on a function the returns an open file descriptor. opener
> exposes that dependency so it can be replaced.

I skimmed the bug report comments but didn't find an answer to this:
Why not just monkey-patch? When a module function calls on a support
function and you want to change that support function's behaviour,
isn't monkey-patching the most usual?

Several possibilities come to mind, but without knowledge of
internals, I have no idea what's actually the case.
* Patching builtins is too confusing or dangerous, and should be avoided?
* You want to narrow the scope of the patch rather than do it globally?
* Explicit is better than implicit?

It just strikes me as something where an API change may not be necessary.

ChrisA

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The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Marco <marco_u@nsgmail.com> - 2012-09-03 14:32 +0200
  Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-03 09:05 -0400
    Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Marco <marco_u@nsgmail.com> - 2012-09-03 15:33 +0200
    Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Marco <marco.buttu@gmail.com> - 2012-09-03 15:33 +0200
  Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> - 2012-09-03 15:29 +0200
    Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-04 01:13 +0000
      Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-03 23:19 -0400
        Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-09-04 15:12 +1000
          Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-09-04 15:20 +1000
          Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-04 14:44 -0400
        Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-04 05:25 +0000
          Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-09-04 15:45 +1000
      Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2012-09-04 15:58 +0300
      Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-04 15:16 -0400
      Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-05 08:18 +1000
      Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-04 19:16 -0400
      Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> - 2012-09-06 00:34 +0000
        Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-06 06:34 +0000
  Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2012-09-03 19:06 +0300
  Re: The opener parameter of Python 3 open() built-in Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2012-09-04 16:01 +0300

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