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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+import logging.handlers
+from pathlib import Path
+from time import gmtime
+from typing import Final
+
+# ** config
+LOG_FILENAME: Final[str] = "dopt.log"
+BASE_NAME: Final[str] = "dopt_base"
+
+LOG_FMT: Final[str] = "%(asctime)s | lang_main:%(module)s:%(levelname)s | %(message)s"
+LOG_DATE_FMT: Final[str] = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S +0000"
+DEFAULT_LOGLEVEL_STDERR: Final[int] = logging.DEBUG
+DEFAULT_LOGLEVEL_FILE: Final[int] = logging.DEBUG
+# ** handlers
+NULL_HANDLER = logging.NullHandler()
+
+# ** loggers and configuration
+BASE_LOGGER = logging.getLogger("dopt_base")
+
+
+def setup_logging(
+    enable_stderr: bool,
+    enable_file: bool = False,
+    logging_dir: Path | None = None,
+    log_filename: str = LOG_FILENAME,
+) -> None:
+    # ** formatters
+    logging.Formatter.converter = gmtime
+    LOGGER_ALL_FORMATER = logging.Formatter(fmt=LOG_FMT, datefmt=LOG_DATE_FMT)
+    # ** handlers
+    if enable_stderr:
+        logger_all_handler_stderr = logging.StreamHandler()
+        logger_all_handler_stderr.setLevel(DEFAULT_LOGLEVEL_STDERR)
+        logger_all_handler_stderr.setFormatter(LOGGER_ALL_FORMATER)
+    else:  # pragma: no cover
+        logger_all_handler_stderr = NULL_HANDLER
+
+    if enable_file and logging_dir is None:
+        raise ValueError("Logging path must be provided to write to log file")
+    elif enable_file:
+        assert logging_dir
+        log_file_path = logging_dir / log_filename
+        logger_all_handler_file = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
+            log_file_path,
+            encoding="utf-8",
+            maxBytes=5_242_880,
+            backupCount=1,
+            delay=True,
+        )
+        logger_all_handler_file.setLevel(DEFAULT_LOGLEVEL_FILE)
+        logger_all_handler_file.setFormatter(LOGGER_ALL_FORMATER)
+    else:  # pragma: no cover
+        logger_all_handler_file = NULL_HANDLER
+
+    BASE_LOGGER.addHandler(logger_all_handler_stderr)
+    BASE_LOGGER.addHandler(logger_all_handler_file)
+
+
+def disable_logging() -> None:
+    handlers = tuple(BASE_LOGGER.handlers)
+    for handler in handlers:
+        BASE_LOGGER.removeHandler(handler)
+
+    BASE_LOGGER.addHandler(NULL_HANDLER)