Recording changes in instrument's state via logging

[jondoesntgit]

Hey guys,

I've developed my own library for controlling hardware over at https://github.com/jondoesntgit/hardware. One of the features that we're implementing in our library is this notion of "logging" any changes of instrument state to a file. When an instrument is loaded, all of its properties and settings are appended to a text file associated with that day's date, along with a timestamp. When an experiment is being performed, this can be helpful for keeping good records of what changed in what order.

Do you have plans of implementing this in your repository?

[natezb]

Hi Jonathan,

No, I wouldn't say we have any specific plans to specialized logging of instrument state, though I certainly wouldn't rule it out.

Generally speaking, we do use python's built-in logging module with per-module loggers, and any changes made to the values of any Facets will get logged. At program startup, you can direct logging to a file if you like, as well as to stdout.

You might also be interested in Lant'z approach to logging.