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Subject: Re: [boost] [log] Review-ready version in the Vault
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-11 04:54:13


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrey Semashev" <andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] [log] Review-ready version in the Vault

>
> vicente.botet wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Vladimir Batov" <batov_at_[hidden]>
>> To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:25 AM
>> Subject: Re: [boost] [log] Review-ready version in the Vault
>>
>>
>>>> ... You can either create a logger and use it as an independent object, or
>>>> you can declare a global logger and use it everywhere you need it. The
>>>> first approach is good to store loggers as class members. The second is
>>>> convenient if you tend to use functional code or don't need any
>>>> context-specific attributes in it. It can be done like this:
>>>>
>>>> BOOST_LOG_DECLARE_GLOBAL_LOGGER(my_logger, src::severity_logger_mt< >)
>>>>
>>>> void foo()
>>>> {
>>>> src::severity_logger_mt< >& lg = my_logger::get();
>>>> // go ahead logging
>>>> }
>>> Hmm, I honestly think that having "loggers as class members" is a bad idea.
>>> I do not usually like global objects either (static initialization issues,
>>> too much visibility). However, what I definitely use a lot is retrieving the
>>> same log by name in different compilation modules (that takes the visibility
>>> down). Like
>>>
>>> boost::log log1(name);
>>> boost::log log2(name); // The same as log1
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm curious ti know how do you retrieve the same log by name without static initialization?
>
> This is what my example does, if I understand you correctly. The logger
> is initialized only when first requested.

Sorry, this was addresed to Vladimir.
Vicente


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