logging: repeated messages

[Peter Otten]

Peter Otten wrote:

> How about (untested):
> 
> def log(level, message, data=[]):
>     if len(data) == 0:
>         logging.basicConfig()
>         logger = loggin.getLogger('name')
>         hdlr = logging.StreamHandler()
>         hdlr.setLevel(logging.WARN)
>         logger.addHandler(hdlr)
>         data.append(hdlr)

Oops, no need to store the StreamHandler,

if data:
    ...
    data.append(1)

should have the same effect. As you don't use the newly created handler in
subsequent calls, I would recommend to move the code inside the if
statement into another function that is only called once at startup.

Peter