LogRecord should normalize falsy exc_info values #158839

Bug report

Pointed out by @tjkuson in python/typeshed#16466

According to the documentation, the exc_info argument to the log() group of function can be any falsy value to indicate that no exception information is provided. It's common to use either None or False here.

When a truthy value is provided, it is normalized to an exception info tuple before passing it to LogRecord. A falsy value is passed on unchanged:

This contradicts LogRecords documentation, which says that only None is accepted and that the exc_info field can be a tuple or None. The mypy primer run in python/typeshed#16466 shows that a few projects make this assumption. For example, sphinx:

        if record.exc_info is not None:
            raise SphinxWarning(message) from record.exc_info[1]

Solution: Normalize falsy values to None before passing them to makeRecord.

CPython versions tested on:

CPython main branch

Operating systems tested on:

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Linked PRs

• gh-158839: Normalize falsy exc_info values in LogRecord #158840