What is the best way to toggle python prints?

Question

I\'m running Python 2.4 in a game engine and I want to be able to turn off all prints if needed. For example I\'d like to have the prints on for a debug build, and then turn

Answer 1

The logging module is the "best" way.. although I quite often just use something simple like..

class MyLogger:
    def _displayMessage(self, message, level = None):
        # This can be modified easily
        if level is not None:
            print "[%s] %s" % (level, message
        else:
            print "[default] %s" % (message)

    def debug(self, message):
        self._displayMessage(message, level = "debug")
    def info(self, message):
        self._displayMessage(message, level = "info")

log = MyLogger()
log.info("test")