[Python-ideas] natively logging sys.path modifications

[Mark Lawrence]

On 24/06/2015 14:07, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> sys.path is kind of important thing for troubleshooting. It may worth
> to ship it with a logging mechanism that allows to quickly dump
> who added what and (optionally) why.
>
> I see the log as a circular memory buffer of limited size, to say
> 256 entries, that contains tuples in the following format:
>
> path, who, where, why
>
>     path   -- actual path added to sys.path
>     who    -- the context - package.module:function or
>                           - package.module:class.method or
>                           - package.module:__toplevel__
>     where  -- full filename and line number to the instruction
>     why    -- advanced API may allow to set this field
>

You see the log and somebody else does the work for you as you refuse to 
sign the CLA.  Do you want your bread buttered on both sides, or will 
one side suffice?

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Mark Lawrence