[ python-Bugs-1314107 ] Issue in unicode args in logging

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Bugs item #1314107, was opened at 2005-10-05 20:11
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Category: Unicode
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Wai Yip Tung (tungwaiyip)
>Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Issue in unicode args in logging 

Initial Comment:
logging has an issue in handling unicode object 
arguments.

>>> import logging
>>>
>>> class Obj:
...     def __init__(self,name):
...         self.name = name
...     def __str__(self):
...         return self.name
...
>>> # a non-ascii string
...
>>> obj = Obj(u'\u00f6')
>>>
>>> # this will cause error
...
>>> print '%s' % obj
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode 
character u'\xf6' in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
>>>
>>> # this will promote to unicode (and the console also 
happen to be able to display it)
...
>>> print u'%s' % obj
ö
>>>
>>> # this works fine
... # (other than logging makes its own decision to 
encode in utf8)
...
>>> logging.error(u'%s' % obj)
ERROR:root:&#9500;&#9570;
>>>
>>> # THIS IS AN UNEXPECTED PROBLEM!!!
...
>>> logging.error(u'%s', obj)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python24\lib\logging\__init__.py", line 706, in 
emit
    msg = self.format(record)
  File "C:\Python24\lib\logging\__init__.py", line 592, in 
format
    return fmt.format(record)
  File "C:\Python24\lib\logging\__init__.py", line 382, in 
format
    record.message = record.getMessage()
  File "C:\Python24\lib\logging\__init__.py", line 253, in 
getMessage
    msg = msg % self.args
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode 
character u'\xf6' in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
>>>
>>> # workaround the str() conversion in getMessage()
...
>>> logging.error(u'%s-\u00f6', obj)
ERROR:root:&#9500;&#9570;-&#9500;&#9570;


The issue seems to be in LogRecord.getMessage(). It 
attempts to convert msg to byte string:

   msg = str(self.msg)

I am not sure why ti want to do the conversion. The last 
example workaround this by making sure msg is not 
convertible to byte string.


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>Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2005-10-05 22:47

Message:
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Unassinging the bug. I don't know anything about the logging
module.

Hint: perhaps the logging module should grow an .encoding
attribute which then allows converting Unicode to some
encoding used in the log file ?!

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