logging: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'getLogger'

[Duncan Booth]

Frank GOENNINGER <dg1sbg at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 
> When trying to execute main() I get:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/.../src/pib/logging.py", line 37, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/.../src/pib/logging.py", line 33, in main
>     mylogger = PIBLogger('/tmp/pib.log')
>   File "/...src/pib/logging.py", line 23, in __init__
>     self.logger = logging.getLogger('PIBLogger')
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'getLogger'
> 
> I double checked and yes, getLogger is there. Why is the interpreter
> asking for an "attribute" here ? Any hints on what I am doing wrong ?
> 
You're source file appears to be called logging.py, so when you do 'import 
logging' it just imports itself. The system logging.py has a getLogger 
function, but *your* logging.py doesn't.