On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 01:51:44 +0000 (UTC) Vinay Sajip <vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > Adding a NullHandler isn't the right thing to do - the behaviour I > > would want for any standard library logging that hasn't been > > explicitly configured otherwise is to do what the root logger does > > under basicConfig(): debug() and info() get suppressed, warn(), > > error(), critical() and exception() go to stderr. It seems to me like > > that would be more useful default behaviour in general than emitting a > > warning about not finding a handler. > > > > So my suggestion would be: > > 1. In the absence of a "config" call, make the "no handler" path in > > loggers emit messages *as if* basicConfig() has been called (without > > actually calling it) > > 2. Remove the implicit calls to basicConfig() from the module level > > convenience function > > > > How *feasible* that idea is to implement, I don't know. > > > > What about "Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules."?
Well, it seems we are asking to remove the special cases, since we are asking for the special case to become the norm. Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
