old_contents: import logging.config
  
  
  def configure_logging(filename):
      time_format = '[%(asctime)s] :: %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'
      simple_format = '%(name)s - %(message)s'
  
      logging_config = {
          'version': 1,
          'formatters': {
              'time': {'format': time_format},
              'simple': {'format': simple_format},
              },
          'handlers': {
              # This is what gets printed out to the console
              'console': {
                  'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
                  'formatter': 'simple',
                  'level': 'DEBUG',
                  },
              # This is what gets saved to the file
              'file': {
                  'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
                  'formatter': 'time',
                  'filename': filename,
                  'level': 'DEBUG',
                  }
              },
          'loggers': {
              '__main__': {'level': 'DEBUG'},
              'cochlear': {'level': 'DEBUG'},
              'cochlear.nidaqmx': {'level': 'ERROR'},
              },
          'root': {
              'handlers': ['console'],
              },
          }
      logging.config.dictConfig(logging_config)
  
new_contents: import logging.config
  
  
  def configure_logging(filename=None):
      time_format = '[%(asctime)s] :: %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'
      simple_format = '%(name)s - %(message)s'
  
      logging_config = {
          'version': 1,
          'formatters': {
              'time': {'format': time_format},
              'simple': {'format': simple_format},
              },
          'handlers': {
              # This is what gets printed out to the console
              'console': {
                  'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
                  'formatter': 'simple',
                  'level': 'DEBUG',
                  },
              },
          'loggers': {
              '__main__': {'level': 'DEBUG'},
              'cochlear': {'level': 'DEBUG'},
              'cochlear.nidaqmx': {'level': 'ERROR'},
              },
          'root': {
              'handlers': ['console'],
              },
          }
      if filename is not None:
          logging_config['handlers']['file'] = {
              'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
              'formatter': 'time',
              'filename': filename,
              'level': 'DEBUG',
          }
          logging_config['root']['handlers'].append('file')
      logging.config.dictConfig(logging_config)
  
subject: Allow logging to be config w/o filename