Re: Is there some standard for logging from within the modules?


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Re: Is there some standard for logging from within the modules?

by Sixtease (Friar)

on Nov 17, 2009 at 09:31 UTC ( [id://807637]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to Is there some standard for logging from within the modules?

I have just come across the same problem. The way I solved it is that I simply created a log method in my module and I pass the messages to it. The method stores the messages in the object.

It is fairly easy for users to redefine the method (directly or by subclassing).

sub log {
    my ($self, $msg) = @_;
    push @{ $self->{log} }, {
        timestamp => time,
        message => $msg,
    };
}

sub foo {
    my ($self) = @_;
    $self->log('Entered foo');
}
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