my.package.customFormatterFactory(bar='baz', spam=99.9, answer=42)
+.. warning:: The values for keys such as ``bar``, ``spam`` and ``answer`` in
+ the above example should not be configuration dictionaries or references such
+ as ``cfg://foo`` or ``ext://bar``, because they will not be processed by the
+ configuration machinery, but passed to the callable as-is.
+
The key ``'()'`` has been used as the special key because it is not a
valid keyword parameter name, and so will not clash with the names of
the keyword arguments used in the call. The ``'()'`` also serves as a
the returned formatter will have attribute ``foo`` set to ``'bar'`` and
attribute ``baz`` set to ``'bozz'``.
+.. warning:: The values for attributes such as ``foo`` and ``baz`` in
+ the above example should not be configuration dictionaries or references such
+ as ``cfg://foo`` or ``ext://bar``, because they will not be processed by the
+ configuration machinery, but set as attribute values as-is.
+
.. _logging-config-dict-externalobj: