import traceback
 import logging, logging.handlers
 
-class SfaLogging:
-    def __init__ (self,logfile,name=None,level=logging.INFO):
-        # default is to locate logger name from the logfile
-        if not name:
-            name=os.path.basename(logfile)
-        self.logger=logging.getLogger(name)
-        self.logger.setLevel(level)
-        try:
-            handler=logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(logfile,maxBytes=1000000, backupCount=5) 
-        except IOError:
-            # This is usually a permissions error becaue the file is
-            # owned by root, but httpd is trying to access it.
-            tmplogfile=os.getenv("TMPDIR", "/tmp") + os.path.sep + os.path.basename(logfile)
-            handler=logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(tmplogfile,maxBytes=1000000, backupCount=5) 
+# a logger that can handle tracebacks 
+class _SfaLogger:
+    def __init__ (self,logfile=None,loggername=None,level=logging.INFO):
+        # default is to locate loggername from the logfile if avail.
+        if not logfile:
+            loggername='console'
+            handler=logging.StreamHandler()
+        else:
+            if not loggername:
+                loggername=os.path.basename(logfile)
+            try:
+                handler=logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(logfile,maxBytes=1000000, backupCount=5) 
+            except IOError:
+                # This is usually a permissions error becaue the file is
+                # owned by root, but httpd is trying to access it.
+                tmplogfile=os.getenv("TMPDIR", "/tmp") + os.path.sep + os.path.basename(logfile)
+                handler=logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(tmplogfile,maxBytes=1000000, backupCount=5) 
+
+        self.logger=logging.getLogger(loggername)
         handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"))
+        self.logger.setLevel(level)
         self.logger.addHandler(handler)
 
+    def setLevel(self,level):
+        self.logger.setLevel(level)
+
+    ####################
     def wrap(fun):
         def wrapped(self,msg,*args,**kwds):
             native=getattr(self.logger,fun.__name__)
         #wrapped.__doc__=native.__doc__
         return wrapped
 
-    def setLevel(self,level):
-        self.logger.setLevel(level)
-
     @wrap
     def critical(): pass
     @wrap
         self.debug("%s BEG STACK"%message+"\n"+to_log)
         self.debug("%s END STACK"%message)
 
-sfa_logger=SfaLogging(logfile='/var/log/sfa.log')
-sfa_import_logger=SfaLogging(logfile='/var/log/sfa_import.log')
-
+sfa_logger=_SfaLogger(logfile='/var/log/sfa.log')
+sfa_import_logger=_SfaLogger(logfile='/var/log/sfa_import.log')
+console_logger=_SfaLogger()
 
 ########################################
 import time
 
-def profile(callable):
+def profile(logger):
     """
     Prints the runtime of the specified callable. Use as a decorator, e.g.,
-
-        @profile
-        def foo(...):
-            ...
-
-    Or, equivalently,
-
-        def foo(...):
-            ...
-        foo = profile(foo)
-
-    Or inline:
-
-        result = profile(foo)(...)
+    
+    @profile(logger)
+    def foo(...):
+        ...
     """
+    def logger_profile(callable):
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwds):
+            start = time.time()
+            result = callable(*args, **kwds)
+            end = time.time()
+            args = map(str, args)
+            args += ["%s = %s" % (name, str(value)) for (name, value) in kwds.items()]
+            # should probably use debug, but then debug is not always enabled
+            logger.info("PROFILED %s (%s): %.02f s" % (callable.__name__, ", ".join(args), end - start))
+            return result
+        return wrapper
+    return logger_profile
 
-    def wrapper(*args, **kwds):
-        start = time.time()
-        result = callable(*args, **kwds)
-        end = time.time()
-        args = map(str, args)
-        args += ["%s = %s" % (name, str(value)) for (name, value) in kwds.items()]
-        sfa_logger.debug("%s (%s): %.02f s" % (callable.__name__, ", ".join(args), end - start))
-        return result
-
-    return wrapper
 
 if __name__ == '__main__': 
     print 'testing sfalogging into logger.log'
-    global sfa_logger
-    sfa_logger=SfaLogging('logger.log')
-    sfa_logger.critical("logger.critical")
-    sfa_logger.error("logger.error")
-    sfa_logger.warning("logger.warning")
-    sfa_logger.info("logger.info")
-    sfa_logger.debug("logger.debug")
-    sfa_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-    sfa_logger.debug("logger.debug again")
-
-    @profile
+    logger=_SfaLogger('logger.log')
+    logger.critical("logger.critical")
+    logger.error("logger.error")
+    logger.warning("logger.warning")
+    logger.info("logger.info")
+    logger.debug("logger.debug")
+    logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    logger.debug("logger.debug again")
+    
+    @profile(console_logger)
     def sleep(seconds = 1):
         time.sleep(seconds)
 
-    sleep(1)
+    
+    console_logger.info('console.info')
+    sleep(0.5)
+    console_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    sleep(0.25)