[Python-Dev] Guidelines for Logging Usage

[Garth T Kidd]

> PEP 8 should also gain some text encouraging the use of the logging
> module in code and describing the dummy.junk convention.

Index: pep-0008.txt
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          No:  if greeting == True:
          Yes: if greeting:

+       - Use the print statement only where the user's objective is
+         to print. Use the logging method to deliver status information
+         to users on the fly. For more information, see PEP xxxx [6].

  References

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      [5] Barry's GNU Mailman style guide
          http://barry.warsaw.us/software/STYLEGUIDE.txt

+       [6] PEP xxxx, Guidelines for Logging Usage
+

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