The 'core' user-config.py might include debug_log.append("") , to set debug.
However if this same user-config is used for compat, it creates a NameError.
compat$ python pwb.py shell
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "pwb.py", line 50, in <module>
import userlib
File "userlib.py", line 13, in <module>
import wikipedia as pywikibot
File "wikipedia.py", line 172, in <module>
from pywikibot.support import *
File "pywikibot/support.py", line 15, in <module>
from exceptions import *
File "exceptions.py", line 14, in <module>
import config
File "config.py", line 606, in <module>
exec open(_filename, 'r').read()
File "<string>", line 15, in <module>
NameError: name 'debug_log' is not definedThere are probably other core only variables which are not supported in compat.