parameters: (self, stream=None)
docstring: Initialize the handler.
  
          If stream is not specified, sys.stderr is used.
docstring_summary: Initialize the handler.
docstring_tokens: Initialize the handler .
function: def __init__(self, stream=None):
          """
          Initialize the handler.
  
          If stream is not specified, sys.stderr is used.
          """
          Handler.__init__(self)
          if stream is None:
              stream = sys.stderr
          self.stream = stream
function_tokens: def __init__ ( self , stream = None ) : Handler . __init__ ( self ) if stream is None : stream = sys . stderr self . stream = stream