[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 282 comments

[Mark Hammond]

[Trent]

> How about this (just an idea):
>     def info(self, msgOrException, *args):
>         if isinstance(msgOrException, Exception):
>             # format the exception and
>             msg, args = args[0], args[1:]
>         else:
>             # treat it like before
>
>     try:
>         # ...
>     except Exception, ex:
>         log.info(ex, "Eeeeek!")

I don't like this.  I think it rare you will want to log an exception with
no contextual message.

Eg,

  info(sys.exc_info())

Would be pretty useless in a log.  You would also want to include *what*
went wrong (whereas the exception generally only tells you *why* (and where)
it went wrong.

Mark.