L2SS-769: Reduce log spam if large attributes are given a default value

tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/lofar_device.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from tango import AttrWriteType, DevState, DebugIt, Attribute, DeviceProxy, Attr
 import time
 import math
 import numpy
+import textwrap
 
 # Additional import
 from tangostationcontrol.clients.attribute_wrapper import attribute_wrapper
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ class lofar_device(Device, metaclass=DeviceMeta):
                 default_value = getattr(self, f"{name}_default")
 
                 # set the attribute to the configured default
-                logger.debug(f"Setting attribute {name} to {default_value if len(str(default_value)) < 100 else (default_value[:100] + '...')}")
+                logger.debug(textwrap.shorten(f"Setting attribute {name} to {default_value}", 150))
                 self.proxy.write_attribute(name, default_value)
             except Exception as e:
                 # log which attribute we're addressing