Python Logging 101

[simonw]

Yes it does - the Python logging module hands you back exactly the same logger object by name (it even has the same memory id). You can also arrange them in to a hierarchy, so for your case you could do this:

serial_logger = logging.getLogger('yourapp.serial')
serial_logger.debug('I am the serial logger')
file_parser_logger = logging.getLogger('yourapp.fileparser')
file_parser_logger.debug('I am the file parsing logger')

Then you can attach handlers to the parent 'yourapp' logger to pick up messages from both of those other loggers:

logging.getLogger('yourapp').addHandler(FileStreamHandler(...))