Hi,

On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 03:03:26PM +0000, Jim Easterbrook wrote:
> I'd like to map the GPLogLevel enum to Python's logging system. The
> GPLogLevel values are documented as:
> 
> GP_LOG_ERROR  Log message is an error information.
> GP_LOG_VERBOSE        Log message is a verbose debug information.
> GP_LOG_DEBUG  Log message is a debug information.
> GP_LOG_DATA   Log message is a data hex dump.

This is the incremental order, top down is getting more debug information 
printed.
 
> This looks odd to me, as from the text I would expect GP_LOG_VERBOSE to be
> less severe than GP_LOG_DEBUG, but numerically it's between GP_LOG_DEBUG and
> GP_LOG_ERROR.
> 
> Python's logging levels are documented as:
> 
> DEBUG         Detailed information, typically of interest only when diagnosing
> problems.
> INFO  Confirmation that things are working as expected.
> WARNING       An indication that something unexpected happened, or indicative 
> of
> some problem in the near future (e.g. ‘disk space low’). The software is
> still working as expected.
> ERROR         Due to a more serious problem, the software has not been able to
> perform some function.
> CRITICAL      A serious error, indicating that the program itself may be 
> unable
> to continue running.
> 
> These have numeric values 10 apart, so intermediate levels are possible.
> 
> I currently map GPLogLevel as follows:
> 
> GP_LOG_ERROR   : WARNING     # 30
> GP_LOG_VERBOSE : INFO        # 20
> GP_LOG_DEBUG   : DEBUG       # 10
> GP_LOG_DATA    : DEBUG - 5   #  5
> 
> Does this seem reasonable? I often see GP_LOG_ERROR messages from software
> that appears to be functioning correctly, which is why I haven't mapped it
> to Python ERROR.

I think this is reasonable.

Ciao, Marcus


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