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Monkey patching idea in Golang
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monkey_patching.go
package main
import "fmt"
import "bytes"
func (* bytes.Buffer) Eh() string {
return "yay"
}
func main() {
fmt.Println("hey!")
fmt.Println(bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{}).Eh())
}
// ./monkey_patching.go:5:6: cannot define new methods on non-local type bytes.Buffer
// ./monkey_patching.go:11:39: bytes.NewBuffer([]byte literal).Eh undefined (type *bytes.Buffer has no field or method Eh)
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