# foo.pl use strict; use warnings; use Log::Log4perl; my $conf = qq( log4perl.category.Script = INFO, ScreenAppender log4perl.appender.ScreenAppender = Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen log4perl.appender.ScreenAppender.layout = PatternLayout log4perl.appender.ScreenAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=[%p] %d %M %F:%L - %m%n ); Log::Log4perl::init( \$conf ); my $log = Log::Log4perl::->get_logger(q(Script)); # Add two numbers, no larger than 32 each sub add { my ($i, $j) = @_; $log->logdie("type error") unless ($i and $j and $i =~ m/^\d+/ and $j =~ m/^\d+/); $log->warn("possible overflow") unless ($i < 2**5 and $j < 2**5); return $i + $j; } # When testing: Disable all logging, # When not testing: call add() caller() ? Log::Log4perl->appender_thresholds_adjust(7) : print add(@ARGV); 1; __END__