jim jewett zuhbosedrugmailcom 31908 vinay sajip wrote think repeatedly testing app idle reasonable use case threads may still references loggers handlers would reasonable shutdown remove logging sysmodules rerun chance succeeding via import im sure would enough scenario mentioned would removing module sysmodules guarantee removing memory explicitly removed memory anything holds live reference removing sysmodules means next time module import logging logging initialization code run true could cause contention old version still holding exclusive lock output file safer view developer application cleanup app want test repeatedly idle depending issue fixed app may clean shutdown jj _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 112606 0400 pythondev pythoncheckins logging shutdown r61431 pythontrunkdoclibraryloggingrst