# Python-Specific Review: Logging & Progress Bar Implementation

**Reviewer**: Python Pro Agent
**Date**: 2025-11-26
**Implementation Plan**: `/docs/implementation-plan-logging-progress-fixes.md`
**Focus**: Python best practices, anti-patterns, optimization opportunities

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## Executive Summary

**Overall Assessment**: ✅ **GOOD** with significant opportunities for improvement

The implementation plan is fundamentally sound but exhibits several Python anti-patterns and missed optimization opportunities. The core approach of early environment variable manipulation is correct, but the execution could be more Pythonic and robust.

**Key Concerns**:

1. ❌ **Direct `print()` statements violate clean architecture** (dependency guard)
1. ⚠️ **Thread-safety issues with environment variable mutation**
1. ⚠️ **Repeated logger instantiation pattern** (DRY violation)
1. ⚠️ **No context manager pattern for environment variable lifecycle**
1. ⚠️ **Missing type hints in proposed implementations**

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## Python Best Practices Analysis

### 1. Environment Variable Manipulation Patterns

#### Current Approach (Implementation Plan)

```python
# __main__.py - Lines 275-278
if "--debug" not in sys.argv:
    os.environ["legacy_LOGGER_DEBUG_MODE"] = "0"
    os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] = "WARNING"
    os.environ["legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR"] = "1"
```

#### Issues

❌ **Anti-Pattern**: Direct `sys.argv` string matching is fragile

- Doesn't handle `-d` short form
- Doesn't handle combined flags like `-dt` (debug + tests)
- Doesn't handle `--debug=true` or `--debug=1` variants

❌ **Anti-Pattern**: Environment variables are mutable global state

- Thread-unsafe if any background threads read env vars during mutation
- No lifecycle management (when should they be cleaned up?)

❌ **Missing**: No validation of environment variable values

#### ✅ Pythonic Solution: Argparse-Compatible Early Detection

```python
# crackerjack/__main__.py - TOP OF FILE
"""Crackerjack - Opinionated Python project management tool."""

import sys
import os
from typing import Final

# Early detection of debug/verbose flags BEFORE any legacy imports
# This is more robust than string matching and handles all argparse variants
_EARLY_DEBUG_FLAG: Final[bool] = any(
    arg in ("--debug", "-d") or arg.startswith("--debug=") for arg in sys.argv[1:]
)

# Suppress legacy logger startup and stderr JSON unless debug mode
if not _EARLY_DEBUG_FLAG:
    os.environ.setdefault("legacy_LOGGER_DEBUG_MODE", "0")
    os.environ.setdefault("legacy_LOG_LEVEL", "WARNING")
    os.environ.setdefault("legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR", "1")

# Now safe to import legacy-dependent modules
import asyncio
import typing as t
# ... rest of imports
```

**Benefits**:

- ✅ Handles both `--debug` and `-d` short form
- ✅ Handles `--debug=true` variants
- ✅ Uses `os.environ.setdefault()` (idempotent, safer)
- ✅ Explicit `Final` constant for immutability
- ✅ Early computation once, reuse throughout module

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### 2. Logger Reconfiguration Pattern

#### Current Approach (Implementation Plan)

```python
# Lines 308-327
def _configure_logger_verbosity(debug: bool) -> None:
    """Configure logger verbosity and stderr JSON output."""
    if debug:
        os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] = "DEBUG"
        os.environ["CRACKERJACK_DEBUG"] = "1"
        if "legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR" in os.environ:
            del os.environ["legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR"]
        os.environ["legacy_FORCE_STRUCTURED_STDERR"] = "1"
```

#### Issues

❌ **Anti-Pattern**: Direct environment variable deletion is error-prone

- `del os.environ[key]` raises `KeyError` if key doesn't exist
- Should use `.pop(key, None)` for safe deletion

❌ **Missing**: No type hints for parameters
❌ **Missing**: No dynamic logger reconfiguration (only env vars)
❌ **Missing**: No validation that logger is actually available

#### ✅ Pythonic Solution: Context Manager + Protocol-Based Reconfiguration

```python
# crackerjack/utils/logger_config.py (NEW FILE)
"""Logger configuration utilities with proper lifecycle management."""

import os
from contextlib import contextmanager
from typing import Iterator

from legacy.depends import depends
from crackerjack.models.protocols import LoggerProtocol


@contextmanager
def logger_verbosity(
    *, debug: bool = False, enable_stderr_json: bool = False
) -> Iterator[None]:
    """Context manager for temporary logger configuration changes.

    Ensures environment variables are properly restored after configuration.

    Args:
        debug: Enable DEBUG level logging
        enable_stderr_json: Enable structured JSON output to stderr

    Yields:
        None (context manager for side effects only)

    Example:
        >>> with logger_verbosity(debug=True, enable_stderr_json=True):
        ...     # Debug logging active with JSON stderr
        ...     run_tests()
        >>> # Logger restored to previous state
    """
    # Save original state for restoration
    original_state = {
        "legacy_LOG_LEVEL": os.environ.get("legacy_LOG_LEVEL"),
        "CRACKERJACK_DEBUG": os.environ.get("CRACKERJACK_DEBUG"),
        "legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR": os.environ.get(
            "legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR"
        ),
        "legacy_FORCE_STRUCTURED_STDERR": os.environ.get("legacy_FORCE_STRUCTURED_STDERR"),
    }

    try:
        # Apply new configuration
        if debug:
            os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] = "DEBUG"
            os.environ["CRACKERJACK_DEBUG"] = "1"
        else:
            os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] = "WARNING"
            os.environ.pop("CRACKERJACK_DEBUG", None)  # Safe deletion

        if enable_stderr_json:
            os.environ.pop("legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR", None)
            os.environ["legacy_FORCE_STRUCTURED_STDERR"] = "1"
        else:
            os.environ["legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR"] = "1"
            os.environ.pop("legacy_FORCE_STRUCTURED_STDERR", None)

        # Reconfigure logger instance if available
        _reconfigure_active_logger(debug=debug)

        yield

    finally:
        # Restore original state (critical for testing isolation)
        for key, value in original_state.items():
            if value is None:
                os.environ.pop(key, None)
            else:
                os.environ[key] = value


def _reconfigure_active_logger(*, debug: bool) -> None:
    """Reconfigure active logger instance dynamically.

    Args:
        debug: Enable DEBUG level logging
    """
    try:
        logger = depends.get_sync(LoggerProtocol)

        # Handle structlog adapter
        if hasattr(logger, "_logger"):
            import logging

            level = logging.DEBUG if debug else logging.WARNING
            logger._logger.setLevel(level)

        # Handle loguru adapter
        elif hasattr(logger, "logger"):
            import loguru

            level_name = "DEBUG" if debug else "WARNING"
            # Loguru requires removing and re-adding handlers with new level
            logger.logger.remove()
            logger.logger.add(sys.stderr, level=level_name)

    except Exception:
        # Logger not available yet (early initialization)
        pass


def configure_logger_verbosity(*, debug: bool = False, verbose: bool = False) -> None:
    """Configure logger verbosity based on CLI flags (non-context-managed).

    This is the application-level configuration that persists throughout
    the session. Use `logger_verbosity()` context manager for temporary
    changes (e.g., in tests).

    Args:
        debug: Enable full debug logging + structured JSON stderr
        verbose: Enable more detailed user-facing output (not low-level logs)
    """
    if debug:
        os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] = "DEBUG"
        os.environ["CRACKERJACK_DEBUG"] = "1"
        os.environ.pop("legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR", None)
        os.environ["legacy_FORCE_STRUCTURED_STDERR"] = "1"
    else:
        # Keep clean output for default and verbose modes
        os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] = "WARNING"
        os.environ.pop("CRACKERJACK_DEBUG", None)
        os.environ["legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR"] = "1"

    # Reconfigure active logger instance
    _reconfigure_active_logger(debug=debug)
```

**Usage in `__main__.py`**:

```python
# After flag processing (line 296+)
from crackerjack.utils.logger_config import configure_logger_verbosity

# Replace proposed _configure_logger_verbosity() with:
configure_logger_verbosity(debug=debug, verbose=verbose)
```

**Benefits**:

- ✅ Safe environment variable deletion with `.pop(key, None)`
- ✅ Context manager for testing isolation (restore state automatically)
- ✅ Dynamic logger reconfiguration (not just env vars)
- ✅ Full type hints with `typing.Iterator`
- ✅ Proper error handling with protocol-based logger access
- ✅ Separation of concerns: context manager vs application config

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### 3. Dependency Guard Print Statements

#### Current Implementation

**File**: `crackerjack/utils/dependency_guard.py`

```python
# Lines 28-30, 61-62, 86
print(
    "WARNING: Logger dependency was registered as empty tuple, replacing with fresh instance"
)
print("INFO: Registering LoggerProtocol with fresh logger instance")
```

#### Issues

❌ **CRITICAL Anti-Pattern**: Direct `print()` bypasses logging architecture

- Violates clean architecture (bypasses legacy logger)
- No structured logging (not machine-readable)
- Output to stdout instead of proper logging stream
- Hard to test (can't capture/mock)

❌ **Poor Implementation**: Proposed `_should_log_debug()` still uses `print()`

```python
# Proposed solution (Lines 296-299)
def _should_log_debug() -> bool:
    return os.environ.get("CRACKERJACK_DEBUG") == "1"


if _should_log_debug():
    print("INFO: Registering LoggerProtocol with fresh logger instance")
```

#### ✅ Pythonic Solution: Logging with Circular Import Prevention

```python
# crackerjack/utils/dependency_guard.py
"""Dependency Guard module with proper logging."""

import os
import sys
from typing import Any, Protocol, runtime_checkable

from legacy.depends import depends
from legacy.logger import Logger


# Logging function that works during early initialization
def _log_dependency_issue(message: str, *, level: str = "WARNING") -> None:
    """Log dependency issues with proper fallback handling.

    This function handles the bootstrapping problem: we need to log issues
    about the logger itself, so we can't depend on a fully configured logger.

    Args:
        message: Log message
        level: Log level (WARNING, INFO, DEBUG)
    """
    # Only log if debug mode is explicitly enabled
    if os.environ.get("CRACKERJACK_DEBUG") != "1":
        return

    # Try to use proper logger if available
    try:
        logger = depends.get_sync(Logger)
        if hasattr(logger, level.lower()):
            getattr(logger, level.lower())(message)
            return
    except Exception:
        pass

    # Fallback: Use stderr (not stdout) for diagnostic output
    # Format with level prefix for clarity
    print(f"[CRACKERJACK:{level}] {message}", file=sys.stderr)


def ensure_logger_dependency() -> None:
    """Ensure that Logger and LoggerProtocol are properly registered.

    This prevents issues where empty tuples might get registered instead
    of logger instances during initialization.
    """
    try:
        logger_instance = depends.get_sync(Logger)

        # Validate instance type
        if isinstance(logger_instance, tuple) and len(logger_instance) == 0:
            _log_dependency_issue(
                "Logger dependency was registered as empty tuple, replacing with fresh instance"
            )
            from legacy.logger import Logger as legacyLogger

            fresh_logger = legacyLogger()
            depends.set(Logger, fresh_logger)

        elif isinstance(logger_instance, str):
            _log_dependency_issue(
                f"Logger dependency was registered as string ({logger_instance!r}), replacing with fresh instance"
            )
            from legacy.logger import Logger as legacyLogger

            fresh_logger = legacyLogger()
            depends.set(Logger, fresh_logger)

    except Exception:
        # No logger registered, create one
        from legacy.logger import Logger as legacyLogger

        fresh_logger = legacyLogger()
        depends.set(Logger, fresh_logger)

    # Handle LoggerProtocol registration
    try:
        from crackerjack.models.protocols import LoggerProtocol

        logger_proto_instance = depends.get_sync(LoggerProtocol)
        if isinstance(logger_proto_instance, (tuple, str)):
            _log_dependency_issue(
                "LoggerProtocol dependency was invalid, replacing with fresh instance"
            )
            from legacy.logger import Logger as legacyLogger

            fresh_logger = legacyLogger()
            depends.set(LoggerProtocol, fresh_logger)

    except ImportError:
        pass  # LoggerProtocol doesn't exist yet
    except Exception:
        # Register LoggerProtocol if not available
        try:
            from legacy.logger import Logger as legacyLogger

            fresh_logger = legacyLogger()
            _log_dependency_issue(
                "Registering LoggerProtocol with fresh logger instance", level="INFO"
            )
            depends.set(LoggerProtocol, fresh_logger)
        except NameError:
            pass
        except Exception:
            pass
```

**Benefits**:

- ✅ Proper logging with fallback to stderr (not stdout)
- ✅ Conditional logging based on debug mode
- ✅ No circular import issues (lazy import of Logger)
- ✅ Machine-readable format `[CRACKERJACK:WARNING]`
- ✅ Testable (can mock `sys.stderr`)

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### 4. Progress Bar Configuration

#### Current Implementation

**File**: `crackerjack/executors/progress_hook_executor.py:120-139`

```python
def _create_progress_bar(self) -> Progress:
    """Create configured progress bar with appropriate columns."""
    return Progress(
        SpinnerColumn(spinner_name="dots"),
        TextColumn("[progress.description]{task.description}", justify="left"),
        BarColumn(bar_width=20),
        TaskProgressColumn(),
        MofNCompleteColumn(),
        TimeElapsedColumn(),
        TimeRemainingColumn(),
        console=self.console,
        transient=False,  # ← Issue: inconsistent with test progress
    )
```

#### Issues

⚠️ **Inconsistency**: `transient=False` for hooks but `transient=True` for tests
⚠️ **Missing**: No explicit terminal detection (`force_terminal`, `is_terminal`)
⚠️ **Missing**: No `refresh_per_second` parameter (uses Rich default)

#### ✅ Pythonic Solution: Consistent Configuration with Explicit Terminal Handling

```python
# crackerjack/executors/progress_hook_executor.py
def _create_progress_bar(self) -> Progress:
    """Create configured progress bar with appropriate columns.

    Progress bar configuration ensures:
    - Transient behavior (clears after completion) for clean UX
    - Explicit terminal detection for proper live-updating
    - Consistent refresh rate for smooth progress updates

    Returns:
        Configured Progress instance with optimized settings
    """
    import sys

    # Detect if we're in an interactive terminal
    is_interactive = sys.stdout.isatty() and sys.stderr.isatty()

    return Progress(
        SpinnerColumn(spinner_name="dots"),
        TextColumn("[progress.description]{task.description}", justify="left"),
        BarColumn(bar_width=20),
        TaskProgressColumn(),
        MofNCompleteColumn(),
        TimeElapsedColumn(),
        TimeRemainingColumn(),
        console=self.console,
        transient=True,  # ✅ Changed: consistent with test progress
        refresh_per_second=10,  # ✅ Added: smooth updates
        # Note: force_terminal handled by console, not Progress
    )
```

**Additional Fix**: Ensure Console has proper terminal detection

```python
# crackerjack/config/__init__.py
from rich.console import Console as RichConsole


def _create_rich_console() -> RichConsole:
    """Create Rich console with proper terminal detection.

    Returns:
        RichConsole instance with optimized terminal handling
    """
    import sys

    # Detect if we're in an interactive terminal
    is_interactive = sys.stdout.isatty() and sys.stderr.isatty()

    return RichConsole(
        width=get_console_width(),
        force_terminal=is_interactive,  # Enable terminal features if interactive
        force_interactive=is_interactive,  # Enable live updating if interactive
    )
```

**Benefits**:

- ✅ Consistent `transient=True` across all progress bars
- ✅ Explicit terminal detection at console level
- ✅ Smooth refresh rate for better UX
- ✅ Proper handling of non-interactive environments (CI/CD)

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## Thread Safety Analysis

### Issue: Environment Variable Mutation is Not Thread-Safe

```python
# __main__.py - Multiple env var mutations
os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] = "WARNING"
os.environ["legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR"] = "1"
```

**Problem**: `os.environ` is a shared global dictionary

- Multiple threads reading/writing = race conditions
- No locks or synchronization
- legacy may spawn background threads during initialization

#### ✅ Pythonic Solution: Thread-Local Storage for Logger State

```python
# crackerjack/utils/logger_state.py (NEW FILE)
"""Thread-safe logger state management."""

import threading
from typing import Final

# Thread-local storage for logger configuration
_logger_state: Final = threading.local()


def get_debug_mode() -> bool:
    """Get current thread's debug mode setting.

    Returns:
        True if debug mode enabled for this thread
    """
    return getattr(_logger_state, "debug", False)


def set_debug_mode(enabled: bool) -> None:
    """Set debug mode for current thread.

    Args:
        enabled: Enable/disable debug mode
    """
    _logger_state.debug = enabled


def get_stderr_json_enabled() -> bool:
    """Get current thread's stderr JSON setting.

    Returns:
        True if stderr JSON logging enabled for this thread
    """
    return getattr(_logger_state, "stderr_json", False)


def set_stderr_json_enabled(enabled: bool) -> None:
    """Set stderr JSON logging for current thread.

    Args:
        enabled: Enable/disable stderr JSON
    """
    _logger_state.stderr_json = enabled
```

**Usage**:

```python
# Replace environment variable checks with thread-local state
from crackerjack.utils.logger_state import get_debug_mode, set_debug_mode

# Early initialization
if "--debug" in sys.argv:
    set_debug_mode(True)

# Later in code
if get_debug_mode():
    # Debug-specific behavior
    pass
```

**Benefits**:

- ✅ Thread-safe (each thread has independent state)
- ✅ No race conditions on global `os.environ`
- ✅ Better testing isolation (threads don't interfere)
- ✅ More explicit than environment variables

**Note**: Environment variables still needed for legacy initialization, but internal state should use thread-local storage.

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## DRY Violations

### Issue: Repeated Logger Instantiation Pattern

```python
# dependency_guard.py - Lines 32-35, 43-45, 64-67, 74-76, 84-88
from legacy.logger import Logger as legacyLogger

fresh_logger = legacyLogger()
depends.set(Logger, fresh_logger)
```

**Problem**: Same 3-line pattern repeated 5+ times

#### ✅ Pythonic Solution: Factory Function

```python
# crackerjack/utils/dependency_guard.py
def _create_and_register_logger() -> Logger:
    """Factory function to create and register a fresh logger instance.

    Returns:
        Newly created and registered Logger instance
    """
    from legacy.logger import Logger as legacyLogger

    fresh_logger = legacyLogger()
    depends.set(Logger, fresh_logger)

    # Also try to register as LoggerProtocol if available
    try:
        from crackerjack.models.protocols import LoggerProtocol

        depends.set(LoggerProtocol, fresh_logger)
    except ImportError:
        pass

    return fresh_logger


# Now replace all 5 occurrences with:
fresh_logger = _create_and_register_logger()
```

**Benefits**:

- ✅ Single source of truth (DRY)
- ✅ Easier to maintain (change once, affects all uses)
- ✅ Testable (can mock the factory)
- ✅ Type-safe (return type is explicit)

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## Type Hints Analysis

### Missing Type Hints in Implementation Plan

```python
# Proposed function has no type hints
def _configure_logger_verbosity(debug: bool) -> None:  # Good!
    """Configure logger verbosity and stderr JSON output."""
    # But implementation is missing some type hints
```

#### ✅ Pythonic Solution: Complete Type Annotations

```python
# crackerjack/utils/logger_config.py
from typing import Final, Literal
import os

LogLevel = Literal["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL"]


def configure_logger_verbosity(
    *,
    debug: bool = False,
    verbose: bool = False,
    level: LogLevel | None = None,
) -> None:
    """Configure logger verbosity based on CLI flags.

    Args:
        debug: Enable full debug logging + structured JSON stderr
        verbose: Enable more detailed user-facing output
        level: Explicit log level override (defaults based on debug/verbose)
    """
    # Determine effective log level
    effective_level: Final[LogLevel] = level or ("DEBUG" if debug else "WARNING")

    os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] = effective_level
    # ... rest of implementation
```

**Benefits**:

- ✅ Explicit types for all parameters
- ✅ `Literal` type for valid log levels (compile-time validation)
- ✅ `Final` annotation for constants
- ✅ `|` union syntax (Python 3.13+)

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## Testing Patterns

### Issue: Implementation Plan Has No Test Strategy

#### ✅ Pythonic Solution: Comprehensive Test Suite

```python
# tests/utils/test_logger_config.py
"""Tests for logger configuration utilities."""

import os
import pytest
from unittest.mock import Mock, patch

from crackerjack.utils.logger_config import (
    configure_logger_verbosity,
    logger_verbosity,
)


class TestLoggerVerbosity:
    """Test logger verbosity configuration."""

    @pytest.fixture
    def clean_env(self):
        """Clean environment before each test."""
        # Save original state
        original = {
            k: os.environ.get(k)
            for k in [
                "legacy_LOG_LEVEL",
                "CRACKERJACK_DEBUG",
                "legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR",
            ]
        }

        # Clear for test
        for key in original:
            os.environ.pop(key, None)

        yield

        # Restore original state
        for key, value in original.items():
            if value is not None:
                os.environ[key] = value
            else:
                os.environ.pop(key, None)

    def test_default_mode_sets_warning_level(self, clean_env):
        """Default mode should set WARNING level and disable stderr JSON."""
        configure_logger_verbosity(debug=False, verbose=False)

        assert os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] == "WARNING"
        assert os.environ.get("legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR") == "1"
        assert "CRACKERJACK_DEBUG" not in os.environ

    def test_debug_mode_sets_debug_level(self, clean_env):
        """Debug mode should set DEBUG level and enable stderr JSON."""
        configure_logger_verbosity(debug=True, verbose=False)

        assert os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] == "DEBUG"
        assert os.environ["CRACKERJACK_DEBUG"] == "1"
        assert os.environ.get("legacy_FORCE_STRUCTURED_STDERR") == "1"
        assert "legacy_DISABLE_STRUCTURED_STDERR" not in os.environ

    def test_context_manager_restores_state(self, clean_env):
        """Context manager should restore original environment state."""
        # Set initial state
        os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] = "INFO"

        with logger_verbosity(debug=True):
            # Inside context, debug mode active
            assert os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] == "DEBUG"

        # After context, original state restored
        assert os.environ["legacy_LOG_LEVEL"] == "INFO"

    def test_early_debug_detection(self):
        """Test early debug flag detection from sys.argv."""
        # Simulate sys.argv with debug flag
        with patch("sys.argv", ["crackerjack", "--debug", "other-args"]):
            # Re-import to trigger early detection
            from crackerjack import __main__

            # Verify early detection worked
            # (would need actual implementation to test properly)
            pass


# tests/utils/test_dependency_guard.py
"""Tests for dependency guard utilities."""
import pytest
from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
from io import StringIO

from crackerjack.utils.dependency_guard import (
    _log_dependency_issue,
    ensure_logger_dependency,
)


class TestDependencyGuard:
    """Test dependency guard functionality."""

    def test_log_dependency_issue_only_in_debug_mode(self):
        """Logging should only happen when CRACKERJACK_DEBUG=1."""
        with patch.dict("os.environ", {"CRACKERJACK_DEBUG": "0"}):
            with patch("sys.stderr", new=StringIO()) as mock_stderr:
                _log_dependency_issue("Test message")
                assert mock_stderr.getvalue() == ""

        with patch.dict("os.environ", {"CRACKERJACK_DEBUG": "1"}):
            with patch("sys.stderr", new=StringIO()) as mock_stderr:
                _log_dependency_issue("Test message")
                assert "[CRACKERJACK:WARNING] Test message" in mock_stderr.getvalue()
```

**Benefits**:

- ✅ Test isolation with `clean_env` fixture
- ✅ Context manager testing (state restoration)
- ✅ Mock-based testing for external dependencies
- ✅ Clear test names following pytest conventions

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## Performance Considerations

### 1. Early `sys.argv` Parsing

**Current**: String matching in list comprehension

```python
"--debug" not in sys.argv
```

**Optimized**: Set-based lookup (O(1) vs O(n))

```python
# Top of __main__.py
_CLI_ARGS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset(sys.argv[1:])
_EARLY_DEBUG_FLAG: Final[bool] = bool(_CLI_ARGS & {"--debug", "-d"})
```

**Benefits**:

- ✅ O(1) membership testing (vs O(n) list scan)
- ✅ Immutable data structure (`frozenset`)
- ✅ Handles multiple debug flags efficiently

### 2. Logger Instance Checks

**Current**: Multiple `isinstance()` checks

```python
if isinstance(logger_instance, tuple) and len(logger_instance) == 0:
    # handle
elif isinstance(logger_instance, str):
    # handle
```

**Optimized**: Single `match` statement (Python 3.10+)

```python
match logger_instance:
    case tuple() if len(logger_instance) == 0:
        _log_dependency_issue("Empty tuple registered")
        return _create_and_register_logger()
    case str():
        _log_dependency_issue(f"String registered: {logger_instance!r}")
        return _create_and_register_logger()
    case _:
        return logger_instance
```

**Benefits**:

- ✅ More Pythonic (pattern matching)
- ✅ Single type check (faster)
- ✅ Exhaustive matching (better for maintenance)

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## Recommended Implementation Order

### Phase 1: Foundation (Day 1)

1. ✅ Create `crackerjack/utils/logger_config.py` with thread-safe utilities
1. ✅ Refactor `dependency_guard.py` to use proper logging
1. ✅ Add comprehensive test suite for new utilities

### Phase 2: Integration (Day 2)

4. ✅ Update `__main__.py` with early debug detection
1. ✅ Update `__main__.py` with post-parse logger configuration
1. ✅ Update `progress_hook_executor.py` with consistent progress bar settings

### Phase 3: Validation (Day 3)

7. ✅ Run full test suite: `python -m crackerjack run --run-tests`
1. ✅ Manual testing of all flag combinations
1. ✅ CI/CD pipeline validation

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## Final Recommendations

### High Priority (Must Fix)

1. ✅ **Replace direct `print()` with proper logging** (dependency_guard.py)
1. ✅ **Add thread-local storage for logger state** (prevent race conditions)
1. ✅ **Use context manager for environment variable lifecycle**
1. ✅ **Add comprehensive type hints** (all new functions)

### Medium Priority (Should Fix)

5. ✅ **Improve early debug detection** (handle `-d` short form)
1. ✅ **Add factory function for logger creation** (DRY)
1. ✅ **Use pattern matching for logger validation** (Python 3.10+)
1. ✅ **Add explicit terminal detection** (progress bars)

### Low Priority (Nice to Have)

9. ✅ **Use `frozenset` for CLI args** (performance optimization)
1. ✅ **Add docstrings with Examples section** (better documentation)
1. ✅ **Consider using `structlog` for structured logging** (if not already)

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## Conclusion

The implementation plan is **fundamentally sound** but exhibits several Python anti-patterns that should be addressed before merging:

**Strengths**:

- ✅ Correct approach (early env var manipulation)
- ✅ Proper separation of concerns (logging vs progress)
- ✅ Good test strategy outlined

**Critical Issues**:

- ❌ Direct `print()` statements violate architecture
- ❌ No thread safety for environment variable mutation
- ❌ Missing type hints in proposed implementations

**Action Items**:

1. Implement thread-safe logger configuration utilities
1. Replace `print()` with proper logging in `dependency_guard.py`
1. Add comprehensive test suite with proper fixtures
1. Add full type hints to all new functions
1. Use context managers for environment variable lifecycle

With these improvements, the implementation will be production-ready and align with crackerjack's clean code philosophy: **EVERY LINE IS A LIABILITY**.
