( )⚙ D5292 branchmap: make it easier for extensions not to break branchcache

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branchmap: make it easier for extensions not to break branchcache
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Authored by mjpieters on Nov 21 2018, 9:56 AM.

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The _branchcache global gives us a reference for super() to use even if an
extension subclasses branchmap.branchcache then replaces the class in the
module.

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mjpieters created this revision.Nov 21 2018, 9:56 AM
yuja added a subscriber: yuja.Nov 23 2018, 10:12 PM
The _branchcache global gives us a reference for super() to use even if an
extension subclasses branchmap.branchcache then replaces the class in the
module.

Can't we instead add a factory function which can be easily hooked by
extensions?

It should be discouraged to replace a class globally.

mjpieters abandoned this revision.Jan 21 2019, 1:12 PM

This would need more thought then; the evolve/topic/topicmap codebase wraps the whole branchmap.branchcache class and mucks about with a context manager to re-instate the right name in the branchmap globals so super() doesn't break, which is what led to this patch.