python
diff --git a/‎Doc/howto/enum.rst
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diff --git a/‎Lib/logging/config.py
Lines changed: 4 additions & 4 deletions b/‎Lib/logging/config.py
Lines changed: 4 additions & 4 deletions
diff --git a/‎Lib/test/test_logging.py
Lines changed: 37 additions & 1 deletion b/‎Lib/test/test_logging.py
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@@ -607,9 +607,9 @@ The complete signature is::
         start=1,
         )
 
-:value: What the new enum class will record as its name.
+* *value*: What the new enum class will record as its name.
 
-:names: The enum members.  This can be a whitespace- or comma-separated string
+* *names*: The enum members.  This can be a whitespace- or comma-separated string
   (values will start at 1 unless otherwise specified)::
 
     'RED GREEN BLUE' | 'RED,GREEN,BLUE' | 'RED, GREEN, BLUE'
@@ -626,13 +626,13 @@ The complete signature is::
 
     {'CHARTREUSE': 7, 'SEA_GREEN': 11, 'ROSEMARY': 42}
 
-:module: name of module where new enum class can be found.
+* *module*: name of module where new enum class can be found.
 
-:qualname: where in module new enum class can be found.
+* *qualname*: where in module new enum class can be found.
 
-:type: type to mix in to new enum class.
+* *type*: type to mix in to new enum class.
 
-:start: number to start counting at if only names are passed in.
+* *start*: number to start counting at if only names are passed in.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.5
    The *start* parameter was added.
 
@@ -482,10 +482,10 @@ def configure_custom(self, config):
         c = config.pop('()')
         if not callable(c):
             c = self.resolve(c)
-        props = config.pop('.', None)
         # Check for valid identifiers
-        kwargs = {k: config[k] for k in config if valid_ident(k)}
+        kwargs = {k: config[k] for k in config if (k != '.' and valid_ident(k))}
         result = c(**kwargs)
+        props = config.pop('.', None)
         if props:
             for name, value in props.items():
                 setattr(result, name, value)
@@ -835,8 +835,7 @@ def configure_handler(self, config):
                 factory = functools.partial(self._configure_queue_handler, klass)
             else:
                 factory = klass
-        props = config.pop('.', None)
-        kwargs = {k: config[k] for k in config if valid_ident(k)}
+        kwargs = {k: config[k] for k in config if (k != '.' and valid_ident(k))}
         try:
             result = factory(**kwargs)
         except TypeError as te:
@@ -854,6 +853,7 @@ def configure_handler(self, config):
             result.setLevel(logging._checkLevel(level))
         if filters:
             self.add_filters(result, filters)
+        props = config.pop('.', None)
         if props:
             for name, value in props.items():
                 setattr(result, name, value)
 
@@ -2998,6 +2998,39 @@ class ConfigDictTest(BaseTest):
         },
     }
 
+    class CustomFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+        custom_property = "."
+
+        def format(self, record):
+            return super().format(record)
+
+    config17 = {
+        'version': 1,
+        'formatters': {
+            "custom": {
+                "()": CustomFormatter,
+                "style": "{",
+                "datefmt": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+                "format": "{message}", # <-- to force an exception when configuring
+                ".": {
+                    "custom_property": "value"
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        'handlers' : {
+            'hand1' : {
+                'class' : 'logging.StreamHandler',
+                'formatter' : 'custom',
+                'level' : 'NOTSET',
+                'stream'  : 'ext://sys.stdout',
+            },
+        },
+        'root' : {
+            'level' : 'WARNING',
+            'handlers' : ['hand1'],
+        },
+    }
+
     bad_format = {
         "version": 1,
         "formatters": {
@@ -3479,7 +3512,10 @@ def test_config16_ok(self):
             {'msg': 'Hello'}))
         self.assertEqual(result, 'Hello ++ defaultvalue')
 
-
+    def test_config17_ok(self):
+        self.apply_config(self.config17)
+        h = logging._handlers['hand1']
+        self.assertEqual(h.formatter.custom_property, 'value')
 
     def setup_via_listener(self, text, verify=None):
         text = text.encode("utf-8")