[Python-checkins] r87181 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/logging.rst

[vinay.sajip]

Author: vinay.sajip
Date: Sun Dec 12 14:49:39 2010
New Revision: 87181

Log:
Logging documentation - further update.

Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/logging.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/logging.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/logging.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/logging.rst	Sun Dec 12 14:49:39 2010
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@
    INFO:root:So should this
    WARNING:root:And this, too
 
+The call to :func:`basicConfig` should come *before* any calls to :func:`debug`,
+:func:`info` etc. As it's intended as a one-off simple configuration facility,
+only the first call will actually do anything: subsequent calls are effectively
+no-ops.
+
 This example also shows how you can set the logging level which acts as the
 threshold for tracking. In this case, because we set the threshold to
 ``DEBUG``, all of the messages were printed.