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What is monkey patching in Python?

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Understand the problem

Replacing attributes at runtime.

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Monkey patching replaces or adds attributes/methods on a class or module at runtime, useful for testing or hotfixes but risky for maintainability.

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PYPatch a method, then restore it
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