Issue #6314: logging.basicConfig() performs extra checks on the "level" argument.
diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index 9780c83..f932110 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -1396,6 +1396,10 @@
root.addHandler(hdlr)
level = kwargs.get("level")
if level is not None:
+ if str(level) == level: # If a string was passed, do more checks
+ if level not in _levelNames:
+ raise ValueError("Unknown level: %r" % level)
+ level = _levelNames[level]
root.setLevel(level)
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7ecb6d7..d433d4c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #6314: logging.basicConfig() performs extra checks on the "level"
+ argument.
+
- Issue #6274: Fixed possible file descriptors leak in subprocess.py
- Accessing io.StringIO.buffer now raises an AttributeError instead of
io.UnsupportedOperation.
-- Issue #6271: mmap tried to close invalid file handle (-1) when annonymous.
+- Issue #6271: mmap tried to close invalid file handle (-1) when anonymous.
(On Unix)