Re: [log4perl-devel] log4perl Data::Dumper and renaming $VAR1

[Mike S. <m...@pe...>]

On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, Josh803316 wrote:

> $logger->trace( {filter => \&Data::Dumper::Dumper, value => $name},
> undef, $TRACE, undef, undef); So my question is, how can I log the
> value so it looks like $name instead of $VAR1 in the saved log?

You can pass a reference to a subroutine to Log4perl's logging methods:

      $logger->trace( sub { Data::Dumper->Dump([$name], ['name']) } );

would do the trick while retaining the time-saving late evaluation.

-- Mike

Mike Schilli
m...@pe...