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diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.config.rst b/Doc/library/logging.config.rst index 794cd22..bf60f17 100644 --- a/Doc/library/logging.config.rst +++ b/Doc/library/logging.config.rst @@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ in :mod:`logging` itself) and defining handlers which are declared either in Starts up a socket server on the specified port, and listens for new configurations. If no port is specified, the module's default :const:`DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG_PORT` is used. Logging configurations will be - sent as a file suitable for processing by :func:`fileConfig`. Returns a - :class:`~threading.Thread` instance on which you can call - :meth:`~threading.Thread.start` to start the server, and which you can - :meth:`~threading.Thread.join` when appropriate. To stop the server, + sent as a file suitable for processing by :func:`dictConfig` or + :func:`fileConfig`. Returns a :class:`~threading.Thread` instance on which + you can call :meth:`~threading.Thread.start` to start the server, and which + you can :meth:`~threading.Thread.join` when appropriate. To stop the server, call :func:`stopListening`. The ``verify`` argument, if specified, should be a callable which should @@ -165,9 +165,18 @@ in :mod:`logging` itself) and defining handlers which are declared either in ``verify`` argument to :func:`listen` to prevent unrecognised configurations from being applied. - .. versionchanged:: 3.4. + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 The ``verify`` argument was added. + .. note:: + + If you want to send configurations to the listener which don't + disable existing loggers, you will need to use a JSON format for + the configuration, which will use :func:`dictConfig` for configuration. + This method allows you to specify ``disable_existing_loggers`` as + ``False`` in the configuration you send. + + .. function:: stopListening() Stops the listening server which was created with a call to :func:`listen`. |