Logging _into_ an application

[Stefan Schwarzer]

I would like to know if there's a framework available for logging into a Python
application, in the same sense I can use a command line database client to query
a database (e. g. psql for PostgreSQL). Example for the Python case:

myhost$ start_application.py
Running in background ...
myhost$ application_admin.py
 >>> import mycache
 >>> mycache.cached_items_count()  # number of items in the application's cache?
42
 >>> import gc
 >>> len(gc.garbage)  # how many objects weren't collected?
3
 >>> ^D
myhost$

Stefan