From 61b787e6dd00b1e6e24a12e2d5aa6e9fd1352663 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 08:53:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Closes #13661: Check added for type of logger name.

---
 Lib/logging/__init__.py  | 2 ++
 Lib/test/test_logging.py | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index de5392beca8..bea290eff1a 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -1094,6 +1094,8 @@ class Manager(object):
         placeholder to now point to the logger.
         """
         rv = None
+        if not isinstance(name, str):
+            raise ValueError('A logger name must be a string')
         _acquireLock()
         try:
             if name in self.loggerDict:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_logging.py b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
index 90d293e3abe..a022680d4d2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ class BuiltinLevelsTest(BaseTest):
             ('INF.BADPARENT', 'INFO', '4'),
         ])
 
+    def test_invalid_name(self):
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, logging.getLogger, any)
 
 class BasicFilterTest(BaseTest):