Merge pull request #10743 from matplotlib/auto-backport-of-pr-10734

jklymak · web-flow · commit 8a900fc37d55 · 2018-03-09T13:23:28.000-08:00
Backport PR #10734 on branch v2.2.x
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ def ge(self, level):
         return self.vald[self.level] >= self.vald[level]
 
 
-def _wrap(fmt, func, level='DEBUG', always=True):
+def _wrap(fmt, func, level=logging.DEBUG, always=True):
     """
     return a callable function that wraps func and reports its
     output through logger
@@ -396,8 +396,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
         ret = func(*args, **kwargs)
 
         if (always or not wrapper._spoke):
-            lvl = logging.getLevelName(level.upper())
-            _log.log(lvl, fmt % ret)
+            _log.log(level, fmt % ret)
             spoke = True
             if not wrapper._spoke:
                 wrapper._spoke = spoke
