At work we're examining Log::Log4perl as a logging system (as my previous post indicates). As I evaluate the module, I get the sense I'm not using it well, as I feel it wants to spread like kudzu through our entire project. I want to put a wrapper around it, but am not sure how to do that, as it is a singleton.
Here's why it seems like kudzu. Each script is starting out with something like this 
use Log::Log4perl qw(:levels);
Log::Log4perl::init('/home/code/log4perl-conf.txt');
my $logger = Log::Log4perl->get_logger($0);
$SIG{__DIE__} = sub {$Log::Log4perl::caller_depth++; $logger->fatal('f
+atal: ', @_); die @_;};

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then each module needs to start out with 
use Log::Log4perl qw(:levels);
my $logger = Log::Log4perl->get_logger(__PACKAGE__);
$logger->level($DEBUG);

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Should there be this much overhead? When I see all this repeated code, I don't like it. This adds 4 lines to each program (not a big deal) but it also adds 4 lines to each .t script (?!?!) and 2 lines to module...
surely it shouldn't require this much repeated code?

Thanks for any ideas

water

In reply to Log::Log4Perl best practices by water

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