A suggestion for an easy logger

[TheSaint]

Hello,
I've resumed my hold project and I like to convert it for py3k2.
My knowledge has stagnated at version 2.4, then I found some improvements, 
but it will take me some time before I get used to.

I was using this logger >>
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class log:
   """ It outputs lists and strings on file or any possible device that
   allows write mode. Options are: output file writing mode and special end
   of line (EOL)"""

   def __init__(self, output= None, mode= 'w', lsp= EOL):
   """ Can instantiate even no output is given. Choose to build an open file
   object to append to, or new and give a different line separator"""

      self.lsp = lsp
      self.output= output
      self.mode= mode
      try:  self.output= open(output, self.mode)
      except (IOError, TypeError): self.output = None

   def logger(self, strng, allowed=None):
      # without any output will simply send log to nowhere :-)
      if not allowed and not self.output: return
      # no allowed to write the output
      # keep silent even temporary skip writing
      # if allowed, it will go to stderr
      if isinstance(strng,list):
         a= EOL.join(strng)+ EOL
         strng = a
      strng= strng.replace(EOL,self.lsp)
      # when not allowed just return
      if allowed is None:   return
      if strng == '?close?':
         try: # try to close the file
            self.output.close()
            return
         except IOError: return # silently ignore the failure
      if self.output and Exists(self.output):
         self.output.write(strng)
      else:
         sys.stderr.write(strng)
         sys.stderr.flush()
      return

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It is somehow convulitive, isn't it?
I do believe the builtin *print* would do more better than my logger.
Basically I would like a class which shoudl do:
1) print to stdout either with or without carriage return 
2) writing to a file
3) Skip some output

Everything should do according to the caller.
I didn't picked up the logging module, a way of confusion on my point of 
view. Some small example might easy my aberration :P

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