Added doc strings to base logger file

[bamblebam]

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Links #9028
Added doc strings to the base logger file

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[ethanwharris]

LGTM, minor formatting suggestions 😃

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #9232 (72435f5) into master (f6614b3) will decrease coverage by 4%.
The diff coverage is n/a.

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- Coverage      92%     88%    -4%     
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  Files         176     176            
  Lines       14805   14807     +2     
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- Hits        13658   13043   -615     
- Misses       1147    1764   +617     

[tchaton]

LGTM !