[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Perhaps a recipe should be published to explain how to add your own levels? >>> import logging >>> logging.NOTE = logging.INFO + 5 >>> logging.addLevelName(logging.INFO + 5, 'NOTE') >>> class MyLogger(logging.getLoggerClass()): ...:def

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

Change by Antoine Pitrou : -- Removed message: https://bugs.python.org/msg307162 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Perhaps a recipe should be published to explain how to add your own levels? e.g.: >>> import logging >>> logging.NOTE = logging.INFO + 5 >>> logging.addLevelName(logging.INFO + 5, 'NOTE') >>> class MyLogger(logging.Logger): ...:def

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

R. David Murray added the comment: I'm not arguing against the rejection, but I want to mention a point in relation to Raymond's statement "five levels have sufficed for a long and that the need for finer distinctions almost never arises in practice". In thinking

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

STINNER Victor added the comment: Vinay: > I feel that there is no need for a TRACE level in the stdlib Ok, that's fine. I just pushed the idea of someone on IRC. Since I had the same idea once, I tried, but I lost :-) I can easily survive without TRACE in the

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

Vinay Sajip added the comment: As Raymond has said: though it might appear reasonable to add a TRACE level from the numerous examples that Victor has given, in practice it is hard enough to know when a particular level should be applied. Victor says "we need to a 6th

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

pmpp added the comment: Sorry, i didn't mean to be rude. Just wanted to pick your attention because i think you miss the point: logging as is it with its levels is perfect for *log messages*. Review the typical usage shown and you'll see that tracing level is for logging

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: No need to be brusque with me. Vinay is the decision maker on this. Overall, this seems rehash and second guess the discussions and decisions made 15 years ago when PEP 282 was accepted. At that time, it was decided that five

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

pmpp added the comment: As a dumb user I vote in favor of this on the ground that five levels is not sufficient for a long and that the need for finer distinctions already arose for me in practice. Till i overcame the mental cost to think, learn and *find time* on how to

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

STINNER Victor added the comment: Raymond Hettinger: "... the need for finer distinctions almost never arises in practice" I gave a list of 10 projects which are alreading using widely the 6th TRACE level. In this list, I consider that OpenStack and SaltStack are

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I vote against this on the ground that five levels have sufficed for a long and that the need for finer distinctions almost never arises in practice. There would be an ongoing mental cost to making users learn and think about

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

STINNER Victor added the comment: More references to TRACE logging level: * "CUSTOM_TRACE = 5 # Mapping for zLOG.TRACE" in Zope zLOG https://github.com/zopefoundation/zLOG/blob/master/src/zLOG/EventLogger.py#L29 * Runlevel = stem.util.enum.UppercaseEnum('TRACE',

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

STINNER Victor added the comment: Other references to a TRACE logging level: * SaltStack: trace = 5 https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/configuration/logging/#log-levels * autologging.TRACE = 1: "A custom tracing log level, lower in severity than

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

STINNER Victor added the comment: Attached PR 3930 adds logging.TRACE, logging.trace() and logging.Logger.trace(). -- nosy: +vinay.sajip ___ Python tracker

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

Change by STINNER Victor : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +3905 stage: -> patch review ___ Python tracker ___

[issue31732] Add TRACE level to the logging module

New submission from STINNER Victor : The logging module has already 5 log levels: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG. https://docs.python.org/dev/library/logging.html#logging-levels (I don't count NOTSET, I don't consider it to be "usable", at least not in an