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Simple and elegant C++ File Logger
« on: October 14, 2012, 01:13:11 am »
Ok, this is my File Logger class  ;)

Simple C++ File Logger (by mateandmetal)

Yes, it is written in english, no spanish variable names here  ;D
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Re: Simple and elegant C++ File Logger
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2012, 08:54:54 am »
Thanks for sharing :)

This is really a minor comment, but I find these identifiers too long:
ige::FileLogger::e_logType::LOG_WARNING

They contain "log" 3 times, and mix a lot of different naming conventions. Maybe something like this would be nicer:
ige::FileLogger::Type::Warning
Or
ige::FileLogger::Warning
Or
ige::LogType::Warning
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Re: Simple and elegant C++ File Logger
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2012, 02:01:13 pm »
Wow this looks cool! But I have to agree with Laurent. I would go with the last suggestion.

Another question: Is it possible to redirect SFML's error logging to this log?

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Re: Simple and elegant C++ File Logger
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2012, 05:51:33 pm »
Another question: Is it possible to redirect SFML's error logging to this log?
Yes, SFML uses sf::err() to output errors which by default writes to std::err but you can redirect it, by using the rdbuf() function provided by the std::ostream class.
See here in the doc. ;)
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Re: Simple and elegant C++ File Logger
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2012, 06:42:13 pm »
By the way, logging classes should also follow this design (I mean the design of the standard library): separate formatting (std::ostream) and the target (std::streambuf).

For example, if your logger only implements formatting operations, it could inherit from std::ostream and use the standard std::streambufs available (filebuf, stringbuf, ...). By deriving from std::ostream it would also benefit from the features that it provides. Unfortunately, standard streams are not easy to implement; however boost provides a simpler API on top of it with its boost.iostream library.
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Re: Simple and elegant C++ File Logger
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2012, 09:21:59 pm »
I find these identifiers too long

Maybe a typedef can help  ;D

Wow this looks cool!

Thanks  ;)


Guys... How can I put my article under the Sources/Miscellaneous wiki page?
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Re: Simple and elegant C++ File Logger
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2012, 11:53:33 am »
You have to edit that page and add link and name of your page.
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Re: Simple and elegant C++ File Logger
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2012, 10:13:55 pm »
You have to edit that page and add link and name of your page.

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Re: Simple and elegant C++ File Logger
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2012, 01:36:54 am »
Link fixed  8)
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