Use a class in the context of a different module

Question

I want to modify some classes in the standard library to use a different set of globals the ones that other classes in that module use.

Example

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Answer 1

Okay, here's a proof-of-concept that shows how to do it. Note that it only goes one level deep -- properties and nested functions are not adjusted. To implement that, as well as make this more robust, each function's globals() should be compared to the globals() that should be replaced, and only make the substitution if they are the same.

def migrate_class(cls, globals):
    """Recreates a class substituting the passed-in globals for the
    globals already in the existing class.  This proof-of-concept
    version only goes one-level deep (i.e. properties and other nested
    functions are not changed)."""
    name = cls.__name__
    bases = cls.__bases__
    new_dict = dict()
    if hasattr(cls, '__slots__'):
        new_dict['__slots__'] = cls.__slots__
        for name in cls.__slots__:
            if hasattr(cls, name):
                attr = getattr(cls, name)
                if callable(attr):
                    closure = attr.__closure__
                    defaults = attr.__defaults__
                    func_code = attr.__code__
                    attr = FunctionType(func_code, globals)
                new_dict[name] = attr
    if hasattr(cls, '__dict__'):
        od = getattr(cls, '__dict__')
        for name, attr in od.items():
            if callable(attr):
                closure = attr.__closure__
                defaults = attr.__defaults__
                kwdefaults = attr.__kwdefaults__
                func_code = attr.__code__
                attr = FunctionType(func_code, globals, name, defaults, closure)
                if kwdefaults:
                    attr.__kwdefaults__ = kwdefaults
            new_dict[name] = attr
    return type(name, bases, new_dict)

After having gone through this excercise, I am really curious as to why you need to do this?