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

[Josh803316 <jos...@gm...>]

Thanks, that worked like a charm!  Just for my own edification....what is
the real difference between the filter method and the sub method or are they
basically the same?

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Mike Schilli <m...@pe...> wrote:

> 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...
>