old_contents: import logging
  import logging.config
  import os
  
  
  def get_logger():
      """Return a Logger instance appropriate for using in a Tap or a Target."""
      this_dir, _ = os.path.split(__file__)
      path = os.path.join(this_dir, 'logging.conf')
      logging.config.fileConfig(path)
      return logging.getLogger()
  
  
  def log_debug(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().debug(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_info(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().info(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_warning(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().warning(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_error(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().error(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_critical(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().critical(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_fatal(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().fatal(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_exception(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().exception(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
new_contents: import logging
  import logging.config
  import os
  
  
  def get_logger():
      """Return a Logger instance appropriate for using in a Tap or a Target."""
      this_dir, _ = os.path.split(__file__)
      path = os.path.join(this_dir, 'logging.conf')
      # See
      # https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/logging.config.html#logging.config.fileConfig
      # for a discussion of why or why not to set disable_existing_loggers
      # to False. The long and short of it is that if you don't set it to
      # False it ruins external module's abilities to use the logging
      # facility.
      logging.config.fileConfig(path, disable_existing_loggers=False)
      return logging.getLogger()
  
  
  def log_debug(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().debug(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_info(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().info(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_warning(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().warning(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_error(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().error(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_critical(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().critical(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_fatal(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().fatal(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
  
  def log_exception(msg, *args, **kwargs):
      get_logger().exception(msg, *args, **kwargs)
  
subject: Use disable_existing_loggers in logger