Rene Pijlman wrote: > It struck me as somewhat complicated as well. > > Looking at the basic example: > http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/lib/node304.html > > ... the things that first-time users shouldn't be bothered with IMO are: > > 1. Getting a logger by name from a hierarchical namespace. There should be > a module-level log function that logs through the root logger. > 2. Formatting the message (use a sensible default) > 3. Adding a handler to a logger (artefact of the logging system). > 4. Setting a log level (use a sensible default). > > Perhaps there should be some module-level functions that make it easier to > 'just log this message to that file'. > > But I do think that adding logging to a cgi script is a sensible thing to > do for a beginner. Getting that to run in a debugger is probably way more > complicated.
You should look at later versions of Python - your points above about easier configuration have already been addressed: here's a link from the current (2.4) docs: http://docs.python.org/lib/minimal-example.html Regards, Vinay Sajip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
