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Is it bad form to patch a dependency? (programming.dev)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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My code depends on a library that makes liberal use of patching (replacing text in source code) for its own dependencies. I feel this is bad form, because, for example, that dependency may now conflict irreconcilably with another dependency of mine.

Am I right in thinking patching code is bad form?

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[–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago

I'm writing a library, to be distributed, and the library I'm depending on - that patches - is also intended to be distributed.

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