[Python-Dev] Change to logging Formatters: support for alternative format styles (original) (raw)

R. David Murray rdmurray at bitdance.com
Sun Oct 31 16:54:26 CET 2010

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:55:34 -0000, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Olemis Lang <olemis gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry python.org> wrote: > > I haven't played with it yet, but do you think it makes sense to add a > > 'style' keyword argument to basicConfig()?  That would make it pretty easy > > to get the formatting style you want without having to explicitly > > instantiate a Formatter, at least for simple logging clients. > > > > Since this may be considered as a little sophisticated, I'd rather > prefer these new classes to be added to configuration sections using > fileConfig (and default behavior if missing), and still leave > basicConfig unchanged (i.e. basic) . >

Actually it's no biggie to have an optional style argument for basicConfig. People who don't use it don't have to specify it; the style argument would only apply if format was specified. For some people, use of {} over % is more about personal taste than about the actual usage of str.format's flexibility; we may as well accommodate that preference, as it encourages in a small way the use of {}-formatting.

+1

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