Added optional delay argument to FileHandler and subclasses.
diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index 2cb2bc9..157ce74 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
__author__ = "Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@red-dove.com>"
__status__ = "production"
-__version__ = "0.5.0.4"
-__date__ = "18 January 2008"
+__version__ = "0.5.0.5"
+__date__ = "24 January 2008"
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Miscellaneous module data
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@
"""
A handler class which writes formatted logging records to disk files.
"""
- def __init__(self, filename, mode='a', encoding=None):
+ def __init__(self, filename, mode='a', encoding=None, delay=0):
"""
Open the specified file and use it as the stream for logging.
"""
@@ -774,8 +774,11 @@
self.baseFilename = os.path.abspath(filename)
self.mode = mode
self.encoding = encoding
- stream = self._open()
- StreamHandler.__init__(self, stream)
+ if delay:
+ self.stream = None
+ else:
+ stream = self._open()
+ StreamHandler.__init__(self, stream)
def close(self):
"""
@@ -798,6 +801,18 @@
stream = codecs.open(self.baseFilename, self.mode, self.encoding)
return stream
+ def emit(self, record):
+ """
+ Emit a record.
+
+ If the stream was not opened because 'delay' was specified in the
+ constructor, open it before calling the superclass's emit.
+ """
+ if self.stream is None:
+ stream = self._open()
+ StreamHandler.__init__(self, stream)
+ StreamHandler.emit(self, record)
+
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Manager classes and functions
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------