import logging __all__ = ['debug', 'log'] # Configure the logger logging.basicConfig( format='[%(asctime)s] %(message)s', level=logging.INFO ) def log(task, fmt, *args): '''Log a standard message ''' logging.info('%-8s ' + fmt, task, *args) def debug(task, fmt, *args): '''Report some debug information ''' logging.debug('%-8s ' + fmt, task, *args)