Voting: std.logger

[uri via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 30 July 2014 at 00:15:26 UTC, H. S. Teoh via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 04:55:04PM -0700, Andrei Alexandrescu 
> via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> On 7/29/14, 4:16 PM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> >On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:09:27PM +0000, Robert burner 
>> >Schadek via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> >>On Tuesday, 29 July 2014 at 06:09:25 UTC, Andrei 
>> >>Alexandrescu wrote:
>> >[...]
>> >>>4. Replace defaultLogger with theLog. "Logger" is a word, 
>> >>>but one
>> >>>that means "lumberjack" so it doesn't have the appropriate
>> >>>semantics.  The use is generally acceptable as a nice play 
>> >>>on words
>> >>>and as a disambiguator between the verb "to log" and the 
>> >>>noun
>> >>>"log". When we actually want to talk about the current log 
>> >>>in an
>> >>>application, we should, however, call it "the log". This is
>> >>>negotiable.
>> >>
>> >>I really don't care how a global Logger instance is called. 
>> >>Anyone
>> >>else has an opinion on this? Otherwise Andrei wins.
>> >[...]
>> >
>> >I propose 'stdlog'.
>> 
>> I thought of the same but then rejected it - stdlog looks like
>> offering the same interface as stdout and stderr. Nevertheless 
>> it's a
>> sensible choice, too. -- Andrei
>
> I don't like 'theLog'. What about 'defaultLog'?
>
>
> T

+1 for !theLog. I actually like "dlog" because I hate typing but 
defaultLog would be fine.


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