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in thread Balancing Logging and Code Readability

I've had the same problem as the OP and the idea of adding a syntax rule to recognize log lines and highlight them as comments crossed my mind as well. Then I remembered I saw a perl module on CPAN once that allowed you to write comments in a special way that would be logged. I can't seem to find it after ~10 minutes of searching but it did look interesting so if this rings a bell for someone else, please post a follow-up.
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Re^3: Balancing Logging and Code Readability
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 14, 2009 at 17:36 UTC
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      Ah, yes, Smart::Comments is the one I remember seeing. Looks like a cool module and may help the OP. However, there are quite a few bugs open and no new release in a year and a half, so that may be something to consider.
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        Smart::Comments is very useful for debugging, but not so good for permanent logging as it uses a source filter which most people elect not to use in production code.

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        I'll look into that module. It sounds interesting. Thanks saberwords and BrowserUk.

        ack Albuquerque, NM
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Re^3: Balancing Logging and Code Readability
by dinomite (Sexton) on Sep 15, 2009 at 05:01 UTC
    Since you're already using Log::Log4perl, you might check out it's built-in :resurrect tag or the similar functionality provided by Filter::Log4perl.
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      I have seen the :resurrect tag but haven't really looked into it. The quick glance that I gave it didn't really connect in my mind that it might be helpful to my dilema. I hadn't seen the Filter::Log4perl module, so I'll definitely look into it.

      Thanks for the suggestions. I'll look into them.

      ack Albuquerque, NM
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