On Jun 24, 2:35 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quote from the docs: > > FORMAT = "%(asctime)-15s %(clientip)s %(user)-8s %(message)s" > logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT) > d = {'clientip': '192.168.0.1', 'user': 'fbloggs'} > logging.warning("Protocol problem: %s", "connection reset", > extra=d) > > would print something like > > 2006-02-08 22:20:02,165 192.168.0.1 fbloggs Protocol problem: > connection reset > > If we try to run that exact example, which doesn't seem logically > flawed in any way: > > >>> import logging > >>> FORMAT = "%(asctime)-15s %(clientip)s %(user)-8s %(message)s" > >>> logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT) > >>> d = {'clientip': '192.168.0.1', 'user': 'fbloggs'} > >>> logging.warning("Protocol problem: %s", "connection reset", > extra=d) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/logging/__init__.py", > line 1266, in warning > apply(root.warning, (msg,)+args, kwargs) > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/logging/__init__.py", > line 969, in warning > apply(self._log, (WARNING, msg, args), kwargs) > TypeError: _log() got an unexpected keyword argument 'extra' > > I tried using **d instead, no show. I tried extra=d in Python 2.4, no > show. I tried **d in Python 2.4, no show. > > So, my question unto the lot of you is: Do the docs for the logging > module lie to me? > > URL:http://docs.python.org/lib/module-logging.html
>From the documentation: `Changed in version 2.5: extra was added.` Documentation never lies, authors do. Or, in this case, don't. Matt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list