scenario is to attach handlers only to the root logger, and to let
propagation take care of the rest.
-.. method:: Logger.setLevel(lvl)
+.. method:: Logger.setLevel(level)
- Sets the threshold for this logger to *lvl*. Logging messages which are less
- severe than *lvl* will be ignored. When a logger is created, the level is set to
+ Sets the threshold for this logger to *level*. Logging messages which are less
+ severe than *level* will be ignored. When a logger is created, the level is set to
:const:`NOTSET` (which causes all messages to be processed when the logger is
the root logger, or delegation to the parent when the logger is a non-root
logger). Note that the root logger is created with level :const:`WARNING`.
should only be called from an exception handler.
-.. method:: Logger.addFilter(filt)
+.. method:: Logger.addFilter(filter)
- Adds the specified filter *filt* to this logger.
+ Adds the specified filter *filter* to this logger.
-.. method:: Logger.removeFilter(filt)
+.. method:: Logger.removeFilter(filter)
- Removes the specified filter *filt* from this logger.
+ Removes the specified filter *filter* from this logger.
.. method:: Logger.filter(record)
Releases the thread lock acquired with :meth:`acquire`.
-.. method:: Handler.setLevel(lvl)
+.. method:: Handler.setLevel(level)
- Sets the threshold for this handler to *lvl*. Logging messages which are less
- severe than *lvl* will be ignored. When a handler is created, the level is set
+ Sets the threshold for this handler to *level*. Logging messages which are less
+ severe than *level* will be ignored. When a handler is created, the level is set
to :const:`NOTSET` (which causes all messages to be processed).
See :ref:`levels` for a list of levels.
-.. method:: Handler.setFormatter(form)
+.. method:: Handler.setFormatter(fmt)
- Sets the :class:`Formatter` for this handler to *form*.
+ Sets the :class:`Formatter` for this handler to *fmt*.
-.. method:: Handler.addFilter(filt)
+.. method:: Handler.addFilter(filter)
- Adds the specified filter *filt* to this handler.
+ Adds the specified filter *filter* to this handler.
-.. method:: Handler.removeFilter(filt)
+.. method:: Handler.removeFilter(filter)
- Removes the specified filter *filt* from this handler.
+ Removes the specified filter *filter* from this handler.
.. method:: Handler.filter(record)