[issue23305] RotatingFileHandler does not rotate if backupCount is 0

2015-01-23 Thread Juha Lemmetti
Juha Lemmetti added the comment: What You point out is true. However, I saw a bug in code where RotatingFileHandler was used, and I had to check the operation using a small test program. For maxBytes, it is explicitly stated that when the value is 0, rollover never occurs. It wouldn't

[issue23305] RotatingFileHandler does not rotate if backupCount is 0

2015-01-23 Thread Juha Lemmetti
New submission from Juha Lemmetti: If RotatingFileHandler is initialized with backupCount 0, the file does not rotate but grows indefinitely. This is not self-evident from the documentation. Suggestion: either rotate (discard) the log if backupCount==0 or mention the current operation the