old_contents: import logging
  from logging import Handler, NullHandler
  from collections import deque
  
  DEFAULT_CAPACITY = 1000
  DEFAULT_THRESHOLD = 0.8
  
  class BurstHandler(Handler):
  
      def __init__(self, target=NullHandler(), emitLevel=logging.INFO, 
              burstLevel=logging.ERROR, level=logging.NOTSET, 
              capacity=DEFAULT_CAPACITY, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD):
          logging.Handler.__init__(self, level)
          self.target = target
          self.emitLevel = emitLevel
          self.burstLevel = burstLevel
          self.capacity = capacity
          self.threshold = threshold
          self.buffer = deque()
          #TODO: check if target level is >= level, raise exception if not
          #TODO: check that burst >= level
  
      def trim(self, size):
          if len(self.buffer) > size:
              self.acquire()
              try:
                  size = int(size * self.threshold)
                  while len(self.buffer) > size:
                      record = self.buffer.popleft()
                      if record.levelno >= self.emitLevel:
                          self.target.handle(record)
              finally:
                  self.release()
  
      def burst(self):
          record = self.buffer[-1]
  
          if record.levelno >= self.burstLevel:
              self.acquire()
              try:
                  while len(self.buffer) > 0:
                      record = self.buffer.popleft()
                      self.target.handle(record)
              finally:
                  self.release()
  
      def emit(self, record):
          self.buffer.append(record)
          self.trim(self.capacity)
          self.burst()
           
      def close(self):
          self.trim(0)
          self.acquire()
          try:
              self.target = NullHandler()
              Handler.close(self)
          finally:
              self.release()
  
  
new_contents: import logging
  from logging import Handler, NullHandler
  from collections import deque
  
  DEFAULT_CAPACITY = 1000
  DEFAULT_THRESHOLD = 0.8
  
  class BurstHandler(Handler):
  
      def __init__(self, target=NullHandler(), emitLevel=logging.INFO, 
              burstLevel=logging.ERROR, level=logging.NOTSET, 
              capacity=DEFAULT_CAPACITY, threshold=DEFAULT_THRESHOLD):
          logging.Handler.__init__(self, level)
          self.target = target
          self.emitLevel = emitLevel
          self.burstLevel = burstLevel
          self.capacity = capacity
          self.threshold = threshold
          self.buffer = deque()
          #TODO: check if target handler level is >= level
          #TODO: check that burstLevel >= emitLevel >= level
  
      def trim(self, size):
          if len(self.buffer) > size:
              self.acquire()
              try:
                  size = int(size * self.threshold)
                  while len(self.buffer) > size:
                      record = self.buffer.popleft()
                      if record.levelno >= self.emitLevel:
                          self.target.handle(record)
              finally:
                  self.release()
  
      def burst(self):
          record = self.buffer[-1]
  
          if record.levelno >= self.burstLevel:
              self.acquire()
              try:
                  while len(self.buffer) > 0:
                      record = self.buffer.popleft()
                      self.target.handle(record)
              finally:
                  self.release()
  
      def emit(self, record):
          self.buffer.append(record)
          self.trim(self.capacity)
          self.burst()
           
      def flush(self):
          self.trim(0)
   
      def close(self):
          self.flush()
          self.acquire()
          try:
              self.target = NullHandler()
              Handler.close(self)
          finally:
              self.release()
  
  
subject: add flush method to burst handler