> Let's plan a cmdline argument then.

> Should we go for -L<level> much like -W<warning>?

Yeah, I think a command-line argument is much more reasonable, less likely
to cause issues with other implementations of logging configuration, and
more practically useful. I'd be +1 on something like a `-L<level>`.

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 2:05 PM Bar Harel <bzvi7...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Let's plan a cmdline argument then.
>
> Should we go for -L<level> much like -W<warning>?
> Or -x logging for setting a default value of debug or info?
>
> Per python specification, -x is implementation dependent.
>
> I'll advocate for -L. I think the same concerns as -W are relevant for all
> python implementations, and it gives more flexibility in terms of log level.
>
> Next question: Should -x dev include it?
> If it was python day-1, I would say yes. My issue is the double inclusion
> of stream handlers in case the logging was bootstrapped already.
> So -x dev probably shouldn't include it.
>
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 8:28 PM Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I think it’s a “Bad Idea” to use an environment variable — who knows what
>> Python script may be running on a given system?
>>
>> But a standard command line argument to the interpreter could be useful.
>>
>> -CHB
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 8:51 AM Mike Miller <python-id...@mgmiller.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 2020-02-19 17:12, Bar Harel wrote:
>>> > Another idea I've had that may be of use:
>>> >
>>> > PYTHONLOGGING environment variable.
>>> >
>>> > Setting PYTHONLOGGING to any log level or level name will initialize
>>> > logging.basicConfig() with that appropriate level.
>>> >
>>> > Another option would be that -x dev or a different -x logging will
>>> initialize
>>> > basic config.
>>>
>>> As a heavy user of logging, I like this one a lot.  In a new project,
>>> the lack
>>> of such a feature allows one to stick with print() perhaps longer than
>>> is prudent.
>>>
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