[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew24.tex, 1.62, 1.63

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  bookmarking, windowing, or lookahead iterators.
  
  \item The \module{operator} module gained two new functions, 
  \function{attrgetter(\var{attr})} and \function{itemgetter(\var{index})}.
  Both functions return callables that take a single argument and return
  the corresponding attribute or item; these callables make excellent
! data extractors when used with \function{map()} or \function{sorted()}.
! For example:
  
  \begin{verbatim}
--- 783,813 ----
  bookmarking, windowing, or lookahead iterators.
  
+ \item A \function{basicConfig} function was added to the
+ \module{logging} package to simplify log configuration.  It defaults
+ to logging to standard error, but a
+ number of optional keyword arguments can be specified to 
+ log to a particular file, change the logging format, or set  the
+ logging level.  For example:
+ 
+ \begin{verbatim}
+ import logging
+ logging.basicConfig(filename = '/var/log/application.log',
+     level=0,  # Log all messages, including debugging,
+     format='%(levelname):%(process):%(thread):%(message)')	            
+ \end{verbatim}
+ 
+ Another addition to \module{logging} is a
+ \class{TimedRotatingFileHandler} class which rotates its log files at
+ a timed interval.  The module already had \class{RotatingFileHandler},
+ which rotated logs once the file exceeded a certain size.  Both
+ classes derive from a new \class{BaseRotatingHandler} class that can
+ be used to implement other rotating handlers.
+ 
  \item The \module{operator} module gained two new functions, 
  \function{attrgetter(\var{attr})} and \function{itemgetter(\var{index})}.
  Both functions return callables that take a single argument and return
  the corresponding attribute or item; these callables make excellent
! data extractors when used with \function{map()} or
! \function{sorted()}.  For example:
  
  \begin{verbatim}