> Jean-Paul Calderone:
> 
> How about putting this into the logging module instead?  Instead of
> "python <logging options> <program> <program options>", making it
> "python -m logging <logging options> <program> <program options".
> 
> This:
> 
>   * involves no changes to the core interpreter
>   * only requires Python to be written, not C
>   * Lets other VMs benefit from the feature immediately
>   * Follows what seems to be the emerging convention for this kind of
> (eg pdb, unittest)
>   * Still allows logging to be configured for arbitrary programs that
> wouldn't otherwise be configurable in this way

This is a very good idea, and fully covers my use case.