I am lazy and want to avoid this line in every python file which uses logging:

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

In january I asked how this could be done, and found an answer: Avoid `logger=logging.getLogger(__name__)`

Unfortunately the answer there has the drawback, that you loose the ability to filter.

I really want to avoid this useless and redundant line.

Example:

import loggingdef my_method(foo):logging.info() 

Unfortunately I think it is impossible do logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) implicitly if logging.info() gets called for the first time in this file.

Is there anybody out there who knows how to do impossible stuff?

Update

I like Don't Repeat Yourself. If most files contain the same line at the top, I think this is a repetition. It looks like WET. The python interpreter in my head needs to skip this line every time I look there. My subjective feeling: this line is useless bloat. The line should be the implicit default.

Think well if you really want to do this.

Create a Module e.g. magiclog.py like this:

import logging
import inspectdef L():# FIXME: catch indexing errorscallerframe = inspect.stack()[1][0]name = callerframe.f_globals["__name__"]# avoid cyclic ref, see https://docs.python.org/2/library/inspect.html#the-interpreter-stackdel callerframereturn logging.getLogger(name)

Then you can do:

from magiclog import L
L().info("it works!")