StreamHandler now checks explicitly for None before using sys.stderr as the stream...

diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index a7210e1a9c4ff9ba65ac05eb3e6c98040803d82b..07f1add37ace601f1bd6c84d1f777efc17b6f691 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ class StreamHandler(Handler):
         If strm is not specified, sys.stderr is used.
         """
         Handler.__init__(self)
-        if not strm:
+        if strm is None:
             strm = sys.stderr
         self.stream = strm
         self.formatter = None