> Can this ticket be closed?

I suppose so - I didn't implement the addition of lookup_eval() to the ast module as I thought it might be a slight overkill. Given that the calls to eval() from fileConfig() have been there from when logging was added to the stdlib, and as this ticket has been quiet since 2012, I suppose there's no real concern about the eval() being a security issue. If there is such a concern, then my proposal to add lookup_eval() to the ast module should be considered (it didn't get any review comments when I proposed it).