Review: std.logger

[Robert burner Schadek via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 15 July 2014 at 07:31:39 UTC, Dragos Carp wrote:
>>> +1 for not having the conditional log
>>
>> Not so sure about that. -- Andrei
>
> I agree that the conditional could be useful. But I think that 
> the current API definition where we already have some strange 
> letter combinations ('l', 'c', 'f') is an one-way street, that 
> throws away some good possibilities to extend it later. Should 
> we keep adding cryptic letters? That is the reason why I think 
> it is better to let out the conditional log for now.
>
> errorIf - looks D-like
> errorc  - is at most C-like
>
> The argument that writef/-ln also contain some cryptic letters 
> have historical reasons and should not motivate us to add some 
> more.

I wouldn't call them cryptic, they are in fact very easy.

l = LogLevel
c = conditional
f = printf

what is so difficult about them. Sure errorIf looks easier, but 
what
about errorLogLevelIfPrintfFormat in comparison to errorlcf