import syslog

EMERG = syslog.LOG_EMERG
ALERT = syslog.LOG_ALERT
CRIT = syslog.LOG_CRIT
ERR = syslog.LOG_ERR
WARNING = syslog.LOG_WARNING
NOTICE = syslog.LOG_NOTICE
INFO = syslog.LOG_INFO
DEBUG = syslog.LOG_DEBUG
DEVEL = syslog.LOG_DEBUG + 1
OFF = DEVEL + 1

level = NOTICE

def slog(prio, *args): # export
    if prio > level:
        return
    msg = ""
    for count, things in enumerate(args):
        #msg += ' ' + str(*thing)
        for m in things:
            msg += ' ' + str(m)
    if len(msg):
        print msg[1:]

def parse_log_prio_str(prio): # export
    try:
        r = int(prio)
        if r < 0 or r > DEVEL:
            raise Exeption("Invalid log priority ", prio)
    except ValueError:
        map_prio_str_to_val = {
            "EMERG" : EMERG,
            "emerg" : EMERG,
            "ALERT" : ALERT,
            "alert" : ALERT,
            "CRIT" : CRIT,
            "crit" : CRIT,
            "ERR" : ERR,
            "err" : ERR,
            "WARNING" : WARNING,
            "warning" : WARNING,
            "NOTICE" : NOTICE,
            "notice" : NOTICE,
            "INFO" : INFO,
            "info" : INFO,
            "DEBUG" : DEBUG,
            "debug" : DEBUG,
            "DEVEL" : DEVEL,
            "devel" : DEVEL,
            "OFF" : OFF,
            "off" : OFF,
        }
        if prio in map_prio_str_to_val:
            return map_prio_str_to_val[prio]
    raise Exception("Unknown priority string \"", prio, "\"")


def set_level(level_): # export
    global level
    if isinstance(level_, basestring):
        level = parse_log_prio_str(level_)
        return
    level = level_