How to use the colorlog.logging._acquireLock function in colorlog

def basicConfig(**kwargs):
    """Call ``logging.basicConfig`` and override the formatter it creates."""
    logging.basicConfig(**kwargs)
    logging._acquireLock()
    try:
        stream = logging.root.handlers[0]
        stream.setFormatter(
            ColoredFormatter(
                fmt=kwargs.get('format', BASIC_FORMAT),
                datefmt=kwargs.get('datefmt', None)))
    finally:
        logging._releaseLock()