Monkey Patching

Question

What is monkey patching?

Answer 1

Dynamically modifying a class or module at run-time.

1. >>> class A:

2.   def func(self):

3.       print("Hi")

4. >>> def monkey(self):

5. print "Hi, monkey"

6. >>> m.A.func = monkey

7. >>> a = m.A()

8. >>> a.func()

Hi, monkey