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markotaht@gmail.com wrote:

> Is there a way to give a class extra functions whidout editing the .py
> file where the class is located?

A clean way is subclassing:

import vehicles

class FlyingCar(vehicles.Car):
    def lift_off(self): 
        pass

flying_car = FlyingCar()
flying_car.lift_off()