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  r79279 | vinay.sajip | 2010-03-22 07:33:08 -0500 (Mon, 22 Mar 2010) | 1 line

  Issue #8200: logging: Handle errors when multiprocessing is not fully loaded when logging occurs.
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  r79284 | vinay.sajip | 2010-03-22 08:02:28 -0500 (Mon, 22 Mar 2010) | 1 line

  Issue #8201: logging: Handle config errors when non-ASCII and Unicode logger names exist at the same time.
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  r79293 | vinay.sajip | 2010-03-22 10:29:01 -0500 (Mon, 22 Mar 2010) | 1 line

  logging: Added getChild utility method to Logger and added isEnabledFor method to LoggerAdapter.
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  r79373 | vinay.sajip | 2010-03-24 09:31:21 -0500 (Wed, 24 Mar 2010) | 1 line

  logging: Added LOG_FTP for SysLogHandler and updated documentation.
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  r79376 | vinay.sajip | 2010-03-24 10:10:40 -0500 (Wed, 24 Mar 2010) | 1 line

  logging: Documentation tweak.
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  r79379 | vinay.sajip | 2010-03-24 12:36:35 -0500 (Wed, 24 Mar 2010) | 1 line

  logging: Updated SysLogHandler documentation.
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  r79876 | vinay.sajip | 2010-04-06 17:32:37 -0500 (Tue, 06 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Issue #8327: logging: Clarification of propagation functionality in documentation.
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  r79888 | vinay.sajip | 2010-04-07 04:40:52 -0500 (Wed, 07 Apr 2010) | 1 line

  Issue #8331: logging: fixed some grammatical errors in documentation.
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diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index d9cd143..dca0017 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -285,10 +285,18 @@
             self.threadName = None
         if not logMultiprocessing:
             self.processName = None
-        elif 'multiprocessing' not in sys.modules:
-            self.processName = 'MainProcess'
         else:
-            self.processName = sys.modules['multiprocessing'].current_process().name
+            self.processName = 'MainProcess'
+            mp = sys.modules.get('multiprocessing')
+            if mp is not None:
+                # Errors may occur if multiprocessing has not finished loading
+                # yet - e.g. if a custom import hook causes third-party code
+                # to run when multiprocessing calls import. See issue 8200
+                # for an example
+                try:
+                    self.processName = mp.current_process().name
+                except StandardError:
+                    pass
         if logProcesses and hasattr(os, 'getpid'):
             self.process = os.getpid()
         else:
@@ -1306,6 +1314,25 @@
             return 0
         return level >= self.getEffectiveLevel()
 
+    def getChild(self, suffix):
+        """
+        Get a logger which is a descendant to this one.
+
+        This is a convenience method, such that
+
+        logging.getLogger('abc').getChild('def.ghi')
+
+        is the same as
+
+        logging.getLogger('abc.def.ghi')
+
+        It's useful, for example, when the parent logger is named using
+        __name__ rather than a literal string.
+        """
+        if self.root is not self:
+            suffix = '.'.join((self.name, suffix))
+        return self.manager.getLogger(suffix)
+
 class RootLogger(Logger):
     """
     A root logger is not that different to any other logger, except that
@@ -1410,6 +1437,12 @@
         msg, kwargs = self.process(msg, kwargs)
         self.logger.log(level, msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
+    def isEnabledFor(self, level):
+        """
+        See if the underlying logger is enabled for the specified level.
+        """
+        return self.logger.isEnabledFor(level)
+
 root = RootLogger(WARNING)
 Logger.root = root
 Logger.manager = Manager(Logger.root)
diff --git a/Lib/logging/config.py b/Lib/logging/config.py
index beb51e5..f5971c2 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/config.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/config.py
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@
 def _strip_spaces(alist):
     return map(lambda x: x.strip(), alist)
 
+def _encoded(s):
+    return s if isinstance(s, str) else s.encode('utf-8')
+
 def _create_formatters(cp):
     """Create and return formatters"""
     flist = cp.get("formatters", "keys")
@@ -208,7 +211,7 @@
     #avoid disabling child loggers of explicitly
     #named loggers. With a sorted list it is easier
     #to find the child loggers.
-    existing.sort()
+    existing.sort(key=_encoded)
     #We'll keep the list of existing loggers
     #which are children of named loggers here...
     child_loggers = []
@@ -579,7 +582,7 @@
                 #avoid disabling child loggers of explicitly
                 #named loggers. With a sorted list it is easier
                 #to find the child loggers.
-                existing.sort()
+                existing.sort(key=_encoded)
                 #We'll keep the list of existing loggers
                 #which are children of named loggers here...
                 child_loggers = []
diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
index 692d104..a30dbdd 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -633,7 +633,8 @@
     LOG_NEWS      = 7       #  network news subsystem
     LOG_UUCP      = 8       #  UUCP subsystem
     LOG_CRON      = 9       #  clock daemon
-    LOG_AUTHPRIV  = 10  #  security/authorization messages (private)
+    LOG_AUTHPRIV  = 10      #  security/authorization messages (private)
+    LOG_FTP       = 11      #  FTP daemon
 
     #  other codes through 15 reserved for system use
     LOG_LOCAL0    = 16      #  reserved for local use
@@ -665,6 +666,7 @@
         "authpriv": LOG_AUTHPRIV,
         "cron":     LOG_CRON,
         "daemon":   LOG_DAEMON,
+        "ftp":      LOG_FTP,
         "kern":     LOG_KERN,
         "lpr":      LOG_LPR,
         "mail":     LOG_MAIL,