Re: [boost] Review of Logging library begins today February 4th

From: John Torjo (john.groups_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-06 19:25:01

>> - then, have a viewer that parses both a log, and the source code for 
>> each logged line. Then, it can match a certain logged message with the 
>> actual line of C++ code. It can then interpret it.
>>     
>
> Or it can integrate with the IDE. There is a lot more potential hiding
> under the encoding issue. Seamless navigation to source code line
>   
As a side-note, right now you can log into the IDE, in case that IDE is 
for Windows - see destination::dbg_window()
> is a simple example. A form of this is already achievable with your
> current library (I believe), just route the debug messages to the MS
> IDE and format the file+line information as that environment expects.
>   
Yes ;)
> Highlight the debug message and a function key will then put you on
> the spot. I'd assume that others have already wired that together.
>
>   
Actually just pressing Enter on a line is enough :)
> I have recently been through the third iteration of a significant
> logging development. One of the biggest things to emerge was the
> value of a standard encoding. Another was the difficulty of selling
> the idea ;-)
>
>   
By standard encoding - do you mean how information is formatted, before 
being outputted, or this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding ?

Best,
John

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