[issue2216] Problems using logging module with idle

Vinay Sajip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Documentation updated in trunk. -- status: pending -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ __

[issue2216] Problems using logging module with idle

Andrea Griffini added the comment: I thougt it was a bug because when calling close() handlers are removed from some data structure (the global dictionary and the global list) but they're left inside the loggers they're attached to. Now I understand that this is a responsibility of who attached t

[issue2216] Problems using logging module with idle

Vinay Sajip added the comment: I don't think this is a bug, though possibly the documentation could be clarified. The shutdown() method is meant to be called at application exit; its main purpose is to flush any output in handler buffers. It doesn't do a complete reversal of what basicConfig() do

[issue2216] Problems using logging module with idle

New submission from Andrea Griffini: I'm not a user of idle, but when asked about a strange behaviour of the logging module I digged a bit and found what I think is indeed a problem in the module itself. The problem is visible if the module is used from idle (or any other IDE that keeps the same