old_contents: import logging
  
  
  def fail_acquire_settings(log_printer, settings_names_dict, section):
      """
      This method throws an exception if any setting needs to be acquired.
  
      :param log_printer:     Printer responsible for logging the messages.
      :param settings:        A dictionary with the settings name as key and
                              a list containing a description in [0] and the
                              name of the bears who need this setting in [1]
                              and following.
      :raises AssertionError: If any setting is required.
      :raises TypeError:      If ``settings_names_dict`` is not a dictionary.
      """
      if not isinstance(settings_names_dict, dict):
          raise TypeError('The settings_names_dict parameter has to be a '
                          'dictionary.')
  
      required_settings = settings_names_dict.keys()
      if len(required_settings) != 0:
          msg = ('During execution, we found that some required '
                 'settings were not provided. They are:\n')
  
          for name, setting in settings_names_dict.items():
              msg += '{} (from {}) - {}'.format(name, setting[1], setting[0])
  
          logging.error(msg)
          raise AssertionError(msg)
  
new_contents: import logging
  
  
  def fail_acquire_settings(log_printer, settings_names_dict, section):
      """
      This method throws an exception if any setting needs to be acquired.
  
      :param log_printer:         Printer responsible for logging the messages.
      :param settings_names_dict: A dictionary with the settings name as key and
                                  a list containing a description in [0] and the
                                  name of the bears who need this setting in [1]
                                  and following.
      :raises AssertionError:     If any setting is required.
      :raises TypeError:          If ``settings_names_dict`` is not a
                                  dictionary.
      """
      if not isinstance(settings_names_dict, dict):
          raise TypeError('The settings_names_dict parameter has to be a '
                          'dictionary.')
  
      required_settings = settings_names_dict.keys()
      if len(required_settings) != 0:
          msg = ('During execution, we found that some required '
                 'settings were not provided. They are:\n')
  
          for name, setting in settings_names_dict.items():
              msg += '{} (from {}) - {}'.format(name, setting[1], setting[0])
  
          logging.error(msg)
          raise AssertionError(msg)
  
subject: Correct docstring param name