[chirp_devel] [PATCH 2/6] Expose console verbosity (#2347)

[Zachary T Welch]

From: Zach Welch <zach at mandolincreekfarm.com>

# HG changeset patch
# User Zach Welch <zach at mandolincreekfarm.com>
# Fake Node ID f9766c707308a213b993ea42f01872100a054c87

Expose console verbosity (#2347)

This patch adds a method to query the console verbosity level.  This is
useful for code that needs to produce non-logging output, conditional on
whether the --quiet or --verbose options were given.

diff --git a/chirp/logger.py b/chirp/logger.py
index eb29e6f..6e841bc 100644
--- a/chirp/logger.py
+++ b/chirp/logger.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class Logger(object):
             self.early_level = logging.DEBUG
 
         self.console = logging.StreamHandler(console_stream)
+        self.console_level = self.early_level
         self.console.setLevel(self.early_level)
         self.console.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(console_format))
         self.logger.addHandler(self.console)
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ class Logger(object):
         self.LOG.debug("verbosity=%d", level)
         if level > logging.CRITICAL:
             level = logging.CRITICAL
+        self.console_level = level
         self.console.setLevel(level)
 
     def set_log_level(self, level):
@@ -148,6 +150,11 @@ class Logger(object):
 Logger.instance = Logger()
 
 
+def is_visible(level):
+    """Returns True if a message at level will be shown on the console"""
+    return level >= Logger.instance.console_level
+
+
 def add_arguments(parser):
     parser.add_argument("-q", "--quiet", action="count", default=0,
                         help="Decrease verbosity")