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@@ -162,11 +162,19 @@ for this value.
first call to :meth:`emit`. By default, the file grows indefinitely.
+ .. method:: reopenIfNeeded()
+
+ Checks to see if the file has changed. If it has, the existing stream is
+ flushed and closed and the file opened again, typically as a precursor to
+ outputting the record to the file.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.6
+
+
.. method:: emit(record)
- Outputs the record to the file, but first checks to see if the file has
- changed. If it has, the existing stream is flushed and closed and the
- file opened again, before outputting the record to the file.
+ Outputs the record to the file, but first calls :meth:`reopenIfNeeded` to
+ reopen the file if it has changed.
.. _base-rotating-handler: