PsychoPy: Runtime error while logging a message ("TypeError: '<' not supported bet-CodePudding

I get a syntax error in PsychoPy’s PTB logging code. My code:

from psychopy import logging
log = logging.LogFile("WS_Dev.log", level = logging.DEBUG, filemode = "w")
logging.log(logging.DEBUG, "in getArguments()")

and the error message:

File "./myProject.py", line 119, in getArguments
    logging.log(logging.DEBUG, "in getArguments()")
  File "./myProject-env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/psychopy/logging.py", line 410, in log
    root.log(msg, level=level, t=t, obj=obj)
  File "./myProject-env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/psychopy/logging.py", line 282, in log
    if level < self.lowestTarget:
TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'int'

While I could get into PsychoPy's source code and fix this myself, I don't want to modify public domain open-source software.
(1) Has anybody else seen this, or got a workaround? I can't believe PsychoPy shipped with such a glaring bug. Yet I see no mention of it in either the PsychoPy forum or stack overflow. (2) How can I file a bug report against PsychoPy, other than posting this question in the PsychoPy forum?

macOS 12.2.1 (Monterey), 2017 MacBook Pro, PsychoPy 2021.2.3, psychtoolbox 3.0.18.2, Python 3.8

CodePudding user response：

If you look at the documentation for logging.log...

>>> from psychopy import logging
>>> help(logging.log)

Help on function log in module psychopy.logging:

log(msg, level, t=None, obj=None)
    Log a message

    usage::
        log(level, msg, t=t, obj=obj)

    Log the msg, at a  given level on the root logger

...it looks like the usage:: documentation has the first two parameters backwards. According to the function signature, you should be calling:

logging.log("in getArguments()", logging.DEBUG)

And that seems to work without errors when I test it.

This seems like a good opportunity for making a documentation pull request against the project.