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authorAndrés Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>2018-06-25 06:06:10 (GMT)
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bpo-33943: Add references in the docs for logging.basicConfig (GH-7858)
Adds references to info about file modes, `time.strftime()`, string formatting syntaxes, and logging levels.
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@@ -1147,41 +1147,44 @@ functions.
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| Format | Description |
+==============+=============================================+
- | ``filename`` | Specifies that a FileHandler be created, |
+ | *filename* | Specifies that a FileHandler be created, |
| | using the specified filename, rather than a |
| | StreamHandler. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
- | ``filemode`` | Specifies the mode to open the file, if |
- | | filename is specified (if filemode is |
- | | unspecified, it defaults to 'a'). |
+ | *filemode* | If *filename* is specified, open the file |
+ | | in this :ref:`mode <filemodes>`. Defaults |
+ | | to ``'a'``. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
- | ``format`` | Use the specified format string for the |
+ | *format* | Use the specified format string for the |
| | handler. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
- | ``datefmt`` | Use the specified date/time format. |
+ | *datefmt* | Use the specified date/time format, as |
+ | | accepted by :func:`time.strftime`. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
- | ``style`` | If ``format`` is specified, use this style |
- | | for the format string. One of '%', '{' or |
- | | '$' for %-formatting, :meth:`str.format` or |
- | | :class:`string.Template` respectively, and |
- | | defaulting to '%' if not specified. |
+ | *style* | If *format* is specified, use this style |
+ | | for the format string. One of ``'%'``, |
+ | | ``'{'`` or ``'$'`` for :ref:`printf-style |
+ | | <old-string-formatting>`, |
+ | | :meth:`str.format` or |
+ | | :class:`string.Template` respectively. |
+ | | Defaults to ``'%'``. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
- | ``level`` | Set the root logger level to the specified |
- | | level. |
+ | *level* | Set the root logger level to the specified |
+ | | :ref:`level <levels>`. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
- | ``stream`` | Use the specified stream to initialize the |
+ | *stream* | Use the specified stream to initialize the |
| | StreamHandler. Note that this argument is |
- | | incompatible with 'filename' - if both are |
- | | present, a ``ValueError`` is raised. |
+ | | incompatible with *filename* - if both |
+ | | are present, a ``ValueError`` is raised. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
- | ``handlers`` | If specified, this should be an iterable of |
+ | *handlers* | If specified, this should be an iterable of |
| | already created handlers to add to the root |
| | logger. Any handlers which don't already |
| | have a formatter set will be assigned the |
| | default formatter created in this function. |
| | Note that this argument is incompatible |
- | | with 'filename' or 'stream' - if both are |
- | | present, a ``ValueError`` is raised. |
+ | | with *filename* or *stream* - if both |
+ | | are present, a ``ValueError`` is raised. |
+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
| ``force`` | If this keyword argument is specified as |
| | true, any existing handlers attached to the |