[boost] Re: Proposal: Logging library

From: Javier Estrada (jestrada_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-09 17:09:09

After reading all the email, I'd like to summarize the aspects that need to
be balanced in such a proposal:

- Instancing
   a) Static (ala cin, cout, cerr, clog) ?
   a) Singleton ?
   b) "Multiton"?

- Thread safety
   a) Single-threaded ?
   b) Multi-thread ?
   c) Per-thread?

- Destination
   a) Single target
   b) Multiple Targets - What's better? Composition? using a design pattern,
like Decorator?

- Optional output information
  thread id, process name

- Formatting

- Severity (Levels)

- Reduce runtime impact--to zero if possible.

- Add your own

IMHO, a logging library for boost should follow the streams philosophy and
be based on streams.

"Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:E16upIc-0003Ys-00_at_zigzag.lvk.cs.msu.su...
> Ernie Makris wrote:
> > Hello Fellow Boosters,
> >
> > I'd like to propose the design and development of a logging library
> > to be included in boost.
>
> I think it makes sense to look at
> http://libcwd.sourceforge.net/
>
> It already provides logging features. The emphasis is on debugging output,
> but it's definitely worth looking at.
>
> - Volodya
>
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