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sdfjkl
Encouraging bad behaviour by making it safer to behave badly.
ericb
If it is safe, it is no longer bad behavior.
sigzero
No, that just means it's safe.
nilved
It was bad behaviour because it was unsafe. Now it is safe.
mef
A much needed change. With Requirements, libraries that you include in your projects can sandbox their monkeypatches to only affect their classes.

Likewise, if the purpose of a library is to monkeypatch a standard class, you can selectively include that monkeypatch only where needed in order to isolate any potential side effects.