Issue #9512: Made comment more informative.

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Vinay Sajip 2010-08-22 18:11:02 +00:00
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commit e8b1eafd88
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@ -108,8 +108,13 @@ class RotatingFileHandler(BaseRotatingHandler):
If maxBytes is zero, rollover never occurs.
"""
# If rotation/rollover is wanted, it doesn't make sense to use another
# mode. If for example 'w' were specified, then if there were multiple
# runs of the calling application, the logs from previous runs would be
# lost if the 'w' is respected, because the log file would be truncated
# on each run.
if maxBytes > 0:
mode = 'a' # doesn't make sense otherwise!
mode = 'a'
BaseRotatingHandler.__init__(self, filename, mode, encoding, delay)
self.maxBytes = maxBytes
self.backupCount = backupCount