Re: [boost] logging library v1.1 - with documentation!

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-01 00:05:36

Stefan Seefeld wrote:

> John Torjo wrote:
> 
>> Dear boosters,
>>
>> Worked some more on the logging library, and here's what's new:
>>
>> - added ***documentation***
>> - added samples
>> - made static library (improved compilation times)
>> - added efficient thread-safe logger, which does the logging on a 
>> dedicated thread
> 
> 
> why do you route the log to a different thread instead of writing
> it directly ? On the one hand you provide macros to be able to
> optimize the logger code away if it is not desired, on the other hand
> you accept a full context switch (and mutex lock and...) for each single 
> message !
> 

p.s. the 'logger' is the equivalent of log4j's Appender concept.

Best,
John

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