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Dependency to Log::Log4perl

by Dirk80 (Pilgrim)
on Feb 03, 2020 at 08:50 UTC ( [id://11112311]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

Dirk80 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Currently I'm using no logger in my modules. I just use die, warn, croak and carp. I want to change that. After a short investigation I saw that Log::Log4perl is the logger I want to use. But now I'm not sure if I should use it directly or not. Or in other words. If my modules should have a dependency on it.

I've seen the following message from cpan:

Loading internal logger. Log::Log4perl recommended for better logging

So cpan has an internal logger. And if Log::Log4perl is available then this logger is used. So there is no hard dependency.

What is your opinion? Should I also use an internal logger, e.g. My::Log and only use Log::Log4perl if it is available?

I would like to do that this way. I don't want to invent things which are already there. So another question. Is there already an implementation of an internal logger (is it a wrapper class around Log::Log4perl?) ?

Thanks for your help!

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Re: Dependency to Log::Log4perl
by salva (Canon) on Feb 03, 2020 at 09:00 UTC
    Take a look at Log::Any!

    If you are planning to release your modules in CPAN, IMO, depending on something like Log::Log4perl is not a good idea, as you will be forcing that logging framework into your module users, and not everybody likes it!

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      Thank you very much. Cool. I'll try it. Looks exactly for what I've been looking for.

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Re: Dependency to Log::Log4perl
by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 03, 2020 at 08:54 UTC

    Using your own logger class IMO only makes sense if you're planning to distribute your own logger with the module/application itself.

    Otherwise, if you're adding a dependency anyway, use Log::Log4perl, as it is at least a common dependency.

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