[Zope-CMF] Re: [dev] RFC: logging/reporting framework for GenericSetup

[Chris Withers]

yuppie wrote:
>> Have a look at MailingLogger's SummarisingLogger for ideas. Give it a 
>> go and let me know where the code is if you want me to take a look, 
>> I've got to know and love python's logging module quite well ;-)
> 
> I had a quick look at MailingLogger, but it seems to do something 
> different.

Well yes, but it's the same technique ;-)

> We need 'per request' reports to give instant feedback in the setup 
> tool. 

...so instantiate the logger at the start of the request, and remove it 
at the end...

> The logging module is not aware of requests, so I can't see an 
> easy way to make sure the log handler collects only messages for a 
> specific request.

Your code runs in some kind of loop, right?
Put a try: finally: around that loop, add your logger before the try and 
remove it in the finally :-)

That said, I'm not sure the logging module has a nice api for removing 
loggers, but I could be wrong...

cheers,

Chris

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