Library Logging

A library SHOULD NOT append a handler to logging.

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• Library is unobtrusive; i.e. it doesn't interfere with higher-level application logging

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• Client must append handler of pre-determined name
• If no handler is appended, errors are thrown

A library SHOULD append a handler to logging.

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• Library reports relevant messages
• Handler can be accessed via logging.getLogger(<name>)

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• With many libraries, logging may be substantial