Removing handlers from python's logging loggers

Question

I am playing with Python\'s logging system. I have noticed a strange behavior while removing handlers from a Logger object in a loop. Namely, my for loop removes all but one

Answer 1

instead of mutating undocumented .handler:

Option 1

logging.getLogger().removeHandler(logging.getLogger().handlers[0])

this way you remove exactly the preexisting handler object via offical api. Or to remove all handlers:

logger = logging.getLogger()
while logger.hasHandlers():
    logger.removeHandler(logger.handlers[0])

Option 2

logging.config.dictConfig(config={'level': logging.DEBUG, 'handlers': []}

Not only removes but prevents its creation. List root will have [] handlers