[Zope-dev] Re: zLOG deprecation?

[Florent Guillaume]

Chris Withers wrote:
>>   # In the days of zLOG, there were 7 standard log levels, and 
>> ZODB/ZEO used
>>   # all of them.  Here's how they map to the logging package's 5
>>  standard
>>   # levels:
>>   #
>>   #    zLOG                         logging
>>   #    -------------                ---------------
>>   #    PANIC (300)                  FATAL, CRITICAL (50)
>>   #    ERROR (200)                  ERROR (40)
>>   #    WARNING, PROBLEM (100)       WARN (30)
>>   #    INFO (0)                     INFO (20)
>>   #    BLATHER (-100)               none -- defined here as BLATHER (15)
>>   #    DEBUG (-200)                 DEBUG (10)
> 
> 
> imnsho, blather and debug are the wrong way round. blather should go 
> away completely, it's a stupid name anyway :-(

Just because you don't see the use in something doesn't mean it has to go away.

In my book BLATHER is used for "verbose INFO" and is different than DEBUG 
and TRACE (both levels are useful too). INFO and BLATHER are for the 
administrator. DEBUG and TRACE are for the developer.

Florent

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