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So now some Pythonistas want monkeypatching! Will the snakes recoil? Hardly, in the comments, Harry Fuecks offers up:

 class Foo:
 def __init__(self):
 self.x = "x = 1" 
 self.y = "y = 2" 
 def showx(self):
 print self.x
 def showy(self):
 print self.y
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 # Attach at runtime...
 Foo.showy = showy
 f2 = Foo()
 f2.showx()
 f2.showy()

It’s priceless how Harry’s code gets flattened in the comments. I mean this is one example where the nesting is really essential. I’m not saying my comment layout is any better. We’ve had a real mess with plus signs here. (Nicked from Simon.)