The function `logging.config.fileConfig` accepts `args` but it would be nice if it also accepted `kwargs`. A simple patch seems to do it:	diff --git a/Lib/logging/config.py b/Lib/logging/config.py	index d692514..4672b48 100644	--- a/Lib/logging/config.py	+++ b/Lib/logging/config.py	@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ def _install_handlers(cp, formatters): klass = _resolve(klass) args = section["args"] args = eval(args, vars(logging))	- h = klass(*args)	+ kwargs = section.get("kwargs", '{}')	+ kwargs = eval(kwargs, vars(logging))	+ h = klass(*args, **kwargs) if "level" in section: level = section["level"] h.setLevel(level) Unless there are any objections I plan to submit a pull request. In my use case I have a Pyramid service which uses `concurrent-log-handler` and it seems better to be able to name keyword args for file configuration.

This is the current state of my patch: bpo-31080-fileconfig">https://github.com/python/cpython/compare/master...Preston-Landers:bpo-31080-fileconfig It makes both `args` and `kwargs` optional in the config file. (Obviously, the actual handler may require args.)

Yes, seems reasonable, but don't change Misc/NEWS directly in your patch - this is now done using the "blurb" tool. Installed into a Python 3 environment using "pip install blurb".

 New changeset 6ea56d2ebcae69257f8dd7af28c357b25bf394c3 by Vinay Sajip (Preston Landers) in branch 'master': bpo-31080: Allowed logging.config.fileConfig() to accept both args and kwargs. (GH-2979) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6ea56d2ebcae69257f8dd7af28c357b25bf394c3 

A colleague pointed out that I used single quotes in the defaults where the line uses double quotes for another argument. I'm not sure if this is considered a problem but I could submit an update if it is.

No, that's OK - leave it as is, I'll consider it when next visiting the area.