Re: [boost] Re: [Q]: What is the recommended logging facility for boost: log4cpp or ??

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-24 09:36:41

> Well, personally, I'd really like to try and go macro-less on the logging
> approach.  I don't like macros because:
> 
> 1) The logging code will be in the release build anyway (for all industrial
> apps I've seen this is the case).
> 2) Macro systems tend to be fragile -- pass it bad type (eg:string instead of
> char*) and it might crash your app.  In this day and age the compiler should
> detect these errors...

It depends on how many macros you use.
In my lib, there's only two:

BOOST_LOG
BOOST_IS_LOG_ENABLED

If you look at the usage, any semantic error will be reported at 
compile-time.

Best,
John

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