[Python] Set the formatting style for logging - percent, format style / bracket or f-string

Python has multiple string formatting styles for arguments:

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  Old-style/percent/%: "The first number is %s" % (1,)
  
  
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  New-style/bracket/{: "The first number is {}".format(1)
  
  
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  F-string: one = 1; f"the first number is {one}"
  

I can format log messages manually at the message creation time: log.error("the first number is {}".format(1)). However this can lead to performance problems and cause bugs when formatting complex objects.

How do I configure logging to use the style I want in individual logs (e.g. logging.error)?

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