On Aug 30, 11:45 am, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > Michel Albert wrote: > > I use python oftentimes to write automation scripts on Linux servers. > > And there's a big pattern in my scripts: > > > - I *always* use `logging` instead of `print` statements. > > - I *always* create two stream handlers. One for `sys.stdout` with > > level `INFO` and one for `sys.stderr` with level `WARN` > > > Well, the levels may variate occasionally, but that's only the rare > > exception. > > How would a call to basicConfig() look like that produces this setup?
I personally see this happen by default (i.e. no additional parameters). And in case the `stream` parameter is set, /then/ you would send all to that stream only. In my point of view, the call to `basicConfig` is either something used in only the most mundane usages of the logging package, or it's mainly used by people that have not yet grokked the logging package (correct me if I'm wrong). In both cases, I find it useful to redirect warnings and errors to `stderr` by default. However, this would also mean that existing code calling this method would result in different behavior. But only /slightly/ different. Meaning, you still see the output on the console as expected. But it gives you the possibility to use standard shell redirection in a way that "makes sense". -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
