Logging variable data with new format string

Question

I use logging facility for python 2.7.3. Documentation for this Python version say:

the logging package pre-dates newer formatting options such as str

Answer 1

The easier solution would be to use the excellent logbook module

import logbook
import sys

logbook.StreamHandler(sys.stdout).push_application()
logbook.debug('Format this message {k}', k=1)

Or the more complete:

>>> import logbook
>>> import sys
>>> logbook.StreamHandler(sys.stdout).push_application()
>>> log = logbook.Logger('MyLog')
>>> log.debug('Format this message {k}', k=1)
[2017-05-06 21:46:52.578329] DEBUG: MyLog: Format this message 1