[Zope] HotFixing methods of modules (not classes)

[Evan Simpson]

Peter Bengtsson wrote:

> But it is this that I can't get to work. Here I need help:
> 
> ---- buggyhotfix: __init__.py --------------
> # import function
> from module import manage_addSomething
> 
> def myown(self,id):
>      id = string.upper(id)
>      self._setObject(id,Something(id))
> 
> module.manage_addSomething = myown
> --------------------------------------

As Casey mentioned, this will fail as written because 'module' isn't 
defined.  You need to 'import module'.  There's a problem implicit in 
the name you're overriding, though.  If 'manage_addSomething' is a 
constructor, as its name suggests, it has probably been registered with 
the Zope machinery by the time you get around to replacing it in the 
module namespace.  Check to see whether 'manage_addSomething' is passed 
to a registration function in 'module'.

Cheers,

Evan @ digicool & 4-am