Logger vs. Handler log levels

[Steve Greenland]

According to John J. Lee <jjl at pobox.com>:
> steveg at moregruel.net (Steve Greenland) writes:
> >     import logging, logging.handlers
> >     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
> >
> >     newlog = logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler(
> >         filename='/home/steveg/logtest.log',
> >         when="midnight")
> >     newlog.setLevel(logging.INFO)
> >         
> >     logging.getLogger().addHandler(newlog)
> >     
> >     logging.info("Message from logtest")
> >     logging.debug("Debug message from logtest")
> >
> > doesn't print on the console (as expected), but also doesn't add the
> > first message to the file. Changing the basicConfig() call to set the
> > level to 'level.DEBUG' shows both messages on the console, and only the
> > first in the file, which is what I did expect.
> 
> Not sure why you'd expect to see console output regardless of the
> logger / handler issue -- INFO and DEBUG are lower in priority than
> WARNING, and you've set the (logger) level to WARNING with the
> logging.basicConfig() call (indicating you're only interested in
> things at least that serious, not mere INFOrmational messages).

Yes, that's why I added "(as expected)" :-) Oh, duh, I see, it can be
parsed to mean the opposite of what I intended. What I meant was "As
expected, there was no console output."

Anyway, thanks for your confirmations.

Steve


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Steve Greenland
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