bpo-41898: add caveat on root logger seeing all messages in assertLogs doc (GH-22526)

2020-10-04 14:16:04 +01:00 · 2020-10-04 14:16:04 +01:00 · 1ed5443526
parent e799aa8b92
commit 1ed5443526
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--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@ -1091,7 +1091,8 @@ Test cases

      If given, *logger* should be a :class:`logging.Logger` object or a
      :class:`str` giving the name of a logger.  The default is the root
-      logger, which will catch all messages.
+      logger, which will catch all messages that were not blocked by a
+      non-propagating descendent logger.

      If given, *level* should be either a numeric logging level or
      its string equivalent (for example either ``"ERROR"`` or