how to use logging module to log an object like print()

[Steve Holden]

Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
> davy zhang schrieb:
>> mport logging
>> import pickle
>>
>>
>> # create logger
>> logger = logging.getLogger("simple_example")
>> logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
>> # create console handler and set level to debug
>> ch = logging.StreamHandler()
>> ch.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
>> # create formatter
>> formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s
>> - %(message)s ")
>> # add formatter to ch
>> ch.setFormatter(formatter)
>> # add ch to logger
>> logger.addHandler(ch)
>>
>> d = {'key':'msg','key2':'msg2'}
>>
>> # "application" code
>> logger.debug("debug message",d)#can not do this
> 
> logger.debug("yes you can: %r", d)
> 
One deficiency of this approach, however, is that the string formatting
is performed even when no logging is required, thereby wasting a certain
amount of effort on unnecessary formatting.

regards
 Steve
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