Implementing std.log

[Lars T. Kyllingstad]

On Sun, 15 May 2011 17:15:38 +0200, Jacob Carlborg wrote:

> On 2011-05-14 19:04, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 5/9/11 1:52 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: [snip]
>>
>> I updated my std.log draft. Added a lot of features including formatted
>> writing, delayed logging, and a variety of configuration options.
>> Replaced the redundant log.xyz with logXyz. The implementation is
>> getting close to reviewable form.
>>
>> Documentation:
>>
>> http://d-programming-language.org/phobos-prerelease/std_log.html
>>
>> Source:
>>
>> https://github.com/andralex/phobos
>>
>> Feedback welcome.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrei
> 
> Why does the user have to manually initialize the library? Why not use a
> static constructor or lazy initialization?
> 
> Actually I don't like it at all, that  the logging library is configured
> via command line options. Seems very odd to me in the first place. That
> is something that should be handled by the application that uses std.log
> not the library itself. The library should be configurable via regular
> methods, like "log.verbose = true". You could provide a shortcut that
> configures the library via the command line but that should be optional
> and not the default.

I agree with this.

-Lars