I'm using the logging module in python 3, and want a particular warning message to be displayed only once. The problem is that the check is inside a loop: def canned_example(): logger.warning("This function hasn't been created yet") for i in range(10): canned_example() Is there a flag to set inside the logging module that will denote that this particular warning is only to be displayed once? The alternative is to keep a record of different flags, but I'd like to keep it simple if possible. Update: Amir Yazdanbakhsh has posted an answer in the comments that allows us to do this for all messages. Ideally, I'd like some per-message flag: def canned_example(): logger.warning("This function hasn't been created yet", norepeat=True) for i in range(10): canned_example() Continue reading...
