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CPython allows specifying a list of handlers in the initialization of logging with basicConfig(handlers=). This adds similar support but only with a single handler. It allows to initialize logging with a single, specialized handler.

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stinos commented Jun 11, 2025

It seems like a small step to just support handlers then, such that the code should remains compatible with CPython?

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I could do that, yeah. My thought was that for an MCU more than one handler is unlikely, but I agree that compatibility means that everyone feels more comfortable using Micropython.

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Josverl commented Jun 12, 2025

I agree that handlers = [] is simpler to learn ,
it also means that adding
Logger.addHandler() makes more sense.

CPython allows specifying a list of handlers in the initialization of
logging with basicConfig(handlers=<iterable>). This adds similar support
to Micropython. It allows to initialize logging with a set of
specialized handlers.

Signed-off-by: Jared Hancock <[email protected]>
@greezybacon greezybacon force-pushed the feature/logging-basicconfig-handler branch from 9d4e1ae to 25185a5 Compare July 18, 2025 12:47
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This is a nice enhancement, but the implementation doesn't work.

We really need some unittests for the logging module.

handler = StreamHandler(stream)
else:
handler = FileHandler(filename, filemode, encoding)
if handlers is None:
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This doesn't seem right: handlers is never None unless explicitly passed in. Maybe you meant if not handlers?


handler.setLevel(level)
handler.setFormatter(Formatter(format, datefmt))
for handler in logging.handlers:
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logging is not defined in this scope.


logger.setLevel(level)
logger.addHandler(handler)
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It looks like the default handler (if none specified) is never added?

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