Naming Python loggers

Question

In Django, I\'ve got loggers all over the place, currently with hard-coded names.

For module-level logging (i.e., in a module of view functions) I have the urge to d

Answer 1

For class level logging, as an alternative to a pseudo-class decorator, you could use a metaclass to make the logger for you at class creation time...

import logging

class Foo(object):
    class __metaclass__(type):
        def __init__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
            type.__init__(name, bases, attrs)
            cls.log = logging.getLogger('%s.%s' % (attrs['__module__'], name))
    def __init__(self):
        self.log.info('here I am, a %s!' % type(self).__name__)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
    foo = Foo()