[stdlib-sig] Evolving the Standard Library

[Raymond Hettinger]

On Sep 17, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Armin Ronacher wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Vinay Sajip schrieb:
>> Jesse's and Armin's comments above epitomise the problem. As far as I
>> know (with Google's help), neither has ever bothered to post on
>> python-list, python-dev, their own blogs or anywhere else what these
>> "issues" with logging are.
> I agree that nobody did.  And there is a reason for it, and that  
> reason
> is probably something that could be discussed in a separate thread  
> too,
> because it affects a lof stuff that is currently in the standard  
> libary.
>
> I looked at the logging library and my point of view is that logging  
> is
> "broken by design".  Eg: you can't fix it without breaking backwards
> compatibility.

I think we way just have to live with that one.
While I'm no fan of the logging module, it is widely used.
It was based on a Java version and Guido blessed it early-on.


Raymond