Intermediate logging in IMDClient

[amruthesht]

Feature request

It would be useful for the user to have information on pauses/resumes (and timestamps) being logged without having to use DEBUG level extensive logging which slows the client/server setup.

Proposed solution##

Possible solution --

import logging

STATUS_LEVEL_NUM = 25
logging.addLevelName(STATUS_LEVEL_NUM, "STATUS")

def status(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
    if self.isEnabledFor(STATUS_LEVEL_NUM):
        self._log(STATUS_LEVEL_NUM, message, args, **kwargs)

logging.Logger.status = status

The current logger format will also capture the time these log calls were made thus recording the time for which client requested the MD engine to pause.