Redefining a function on the fly

[Tamas_Papp]

It would be more idiomatic to make the function behavior conditional on something that you can change — can be a parameter, a shared variable (if you are using threads), or something you read from a file. The implementation of how you propose to do

@lucaregini

Change the definition of omy while test is still running

is crucial. Also, perhaps you could give more context: what is it you are trying to do?

Finally, please quote your code.

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