Merge pull request #1211 from joakim-hove/monkey-patch-rename

Minor refactor to monkey-patching

python/python/opm/io/ecl/__init__.py

@@ -7,15 +7,18 @@ from opm._common import EclFile
 # ensure the EclFile class returns normal Python strings in the case of CHAR
 # arrays. The return value is normal Python list of strings.
 
-__getitem__ = EclFile.__getitem__
-
 def getitem(self, index):
-    data = __getitem__(self, index)
+    data = self.__getitem(index)
     array_type = self.arrays[index][1]
     if array_type == eclArrType.CHAR:
         return [ x.decode("utf-8") for x in data ]
 
     return data
 
-setattr(EclFile, "__getitem__", getitem)
 
+def make_getitem(cls):
+    setattr(cls, "__getitem", cls.__getitem__)
+    setattr(cls, "__getitem__", getitem)
+
+
+make_getitem(EclFile)