import ctypes

def display(self):
  """ A new kind of display """
  return f'Print Type #2: ( {self.y1}, {self.y2} )'

class MyStruct(ctypes.Structure):
  _fields_ = [ 
      ('y1', ctypes.c_uint32),
      ('y2', ctypes.c_uint32)
      ] 

  def __str__(self):
    return f'Print Type #1: [ {self.y1}, {self.y2} ]'

class MyUnion(ctypes.Union):
  _fields_ = [ 
      ('y1', ctypes.c_uint32),
      ('y2', ctypes.c_uint32)
      ] 

  def __str__(self):
    return f'Print Type #1: [ {self.y1}, {self.y2} ]'

if __name__ == '__main__':

  a = MyStruct()
  a.y1 = 10
  a.y2 = 20

  print('Using Structure:')
  print('----------------')
  print(a)
  print('Original :', MyStruct.__str__)
  # monkey patch  __str__ with a different function.
  MyStruct.__str__ = display
  print('Patched :', MyStruct.__str__)
  print('Patched (dict) :', MyStruct.__dict__['__str__'])
  print(a)

  a = MyUnion()
  a.y1 = 10
  a.y2 = 20

  print('Using Union:')
  print('------------')
  print(a)
  print('Original :', MyUnion.__str__)
  # monkey patch  __str__ with a different function.
  MyUnion.__str__ = display
  print('Patched :', MyUnion.__str__)
  print('Patched (dict) :', MyUnion.__dict__['__str__'])
  print(a)