The idiomatic way to use a LoggerAdapter is to override the process() method. However, the example in the cookbook (*) is some gobbledegook code overriding __getitem__ and __iter__ on a separate class. It's a pity that users are directed to use an insane and impractical idiom while the sane way is simple and powerful.

(*) http://docs.python.org/2/howto/logging-cookbook.html#context-info