logging.basicConfig creates empty file when using handlers

[Jovik]

BPO	16521
Nosy	@vsajip
Files	logginghandler.py: Example logging.basicConfig() code with handlers

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assignee = 'https://github.com/vsajip'
closed_at = <Date 2012-11-25.15:17:37.741>
created_at = <Date 2012-11-21.12:18:21.153>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library']
title = 'logging.basicConfig creates empty file when using handlers'
updated_at = <Date 2012-11-25.15:17:37.739>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/Jovik'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2012-11-25.15:17:37.739>
actor = 'python-dev'
assignee = 'vinay.sajip'
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closed_date = <Date 2012-11-25.15:17:37.741>
closer = 'python-dev'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2012-11-21.12:18:21.153>
creator = 'Jovik'
dependencies = []
files = ['28060']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 16521
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pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue16521'
versions = ['Python 3.2']

[Jovik]

Using logging.basicConfig() with Python 3.2.3 accepts handlers options without any errors. It creates an empty file. I don't think this should be default behaviour, sice it's very missleading (no exception thrown; no warning on standard output or in the file)

[python-dev]

New changeset d7660ccd8470 by Vinay Sajip in branch '3.2':
Closes bpo-16521: Improved error handling for basicConfig(), added tests for same.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d7660ccd8470

New changeset 4b522a1c9c27 by Vinay Sajip in branch '3.3':
Null merge for fix for bpo-16521.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4b522a1c9c27