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[Python-Dev] Proposal for Python 3.3: dependence injection

Eugene Toder eltoder at gmail.com
Fri Mar 25 02:56:26 CET 2011 
> 2. The level at which the dependency injection works (function
> arguments, class attributes, module globals) needs to be decided

+1. The scope of parameter needs to be specified. If the scope is
global, this can be achieved pretty easily -- declare some of the
imports in particular modules to be a part of the public APIs of that
modules. Being part of the public API means allowing to replace that
module with another one with compatible implementations. In other
words, bless monkey-patching of those imports.
The advantages of this is simplicity and no uglification of the code
(no changes even). However, this should really not be used for more
than just testing. For other purposes the scope should be smaller
(e.g. class) and Antoine's approach looks like the right thing.

Eugene
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