Default namespace/prefix for all exported metrics?

Is there a way to define a default, global prefix for all metrics?

For example instead of:
python_gc_objects_collected_total

I'd like to add the prefix myproject_:
myproject_python_gc_objects_collected_total

I'm currently doing it like that:

_original_generate_latest = prometheus_client.openmetrics.exposition.generate_latest


def init_prometheus(namespace):
    def new_generate_latest(*args, **kwargs):
        original_output = _original_generate_latest(*args, **kwargs).decode('utf-8')
        namespace_prefix = namespace + '_'
        new_output = ''

        for line in original_output.splitlines():
            if not line.startswith('#') and not line.startswith(namespace_prefix):
                new_output += namespace_prefix

            new_output += line + '\n'

        new_output = new_output.encode('utf-8')

        return new_output

    prometheus_client.generate_latest = new_generate_latest

But it doesn't always work. For example, prometheus_client.start_http_server ignores this function for whatever reason.

Start by tracing the exposed generate_latest function and the prometheus_client.start_http_server entry point mentioned in the issue. Determine how exported metrics are produced through each path and define done as applying one configured prefix consistently to all exported metrics without monkey-patching.