[Python-Dev] Using logging in the stdlib and its unit tests

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Sat Dec 11 03:35:50 CET 2010


Glenn Linderman writes:

 > 1) simple example for one file programs, include an example of 
 > specifying output severity threshold.  I'm with Antoine here on my 
 > expectations.
 > 
 > 2) example for multi-module, showing how a single logging destination 
 > causes logging to happen in all modules, at the same level (if that is 
 > the case, which I hope it is).
 > 
 > 3) Maybe a small discussion of log formatting should be next?  So the 
 > user realizes he shouldn't do the message formatting himself?

As advice, this shouldn't need to be more than a couple of lines, with
a two line example, right?  But it does deserve a prominent header.

 > 4) Then rotating logs for long-running programs.
 > 
 > And then the rest of the more feature-filled stuff.

+1 for this agenda.


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