[Python-Dev] StreamHandler eating exceptions

[Vinay Sajip]

Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo <at> niemeyer.net> writes:

> 
> The StreamHandler available under the logging package is currently
> catching all exceptions under the emit() method call. In the
> Handler.handleError() documentation it's mentioned that it's
> implemented like that because users do not care about errors
> in the logging system.
> 
> I'd like to apply the following patch:
[patch snipped]
> Anyone against the change?
> 

Good idea. I've checked into svn a patch for both logging/__init__.py and
logging/handlers.py which raises both KeyboardInterrupt and SystemExit raised
during emit().