[log4perl-devel] Test buffer handling fixed - 0.24alpha stable

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

Hi all,

just found out that with the latest perl 5.8.0, one of the test cases utilizing POPULATION[x] failed
because it was relying on the order of hash keys when creating the appenders via a conf file. Fixed
that by introducing a by_name() method for Log::Log4perl::TestBuffer which lets you retrieve a
TestBuffer by name (like "A1" in a config file). I've removed all but one instance of POPULATION[x]
in the test cases, t/027Watch.t seems to need access to the latest created appender, so I left that
one in. Kevin, can you please double-check?

Everything else looks good, I guess we can release 0.24 soon. Changes so far:

    * (kg) Fix for init_and_watch and test cases
    * (ms) Added documentation for Log::Log4perl::Config
    * (ms) Added log4perl.additivity.loggerName conf file syntax
    * (ms) Assume Log::Log4perl::Layout prefix of 'relative'
           layout class names in conf file (say 'SimpleLayout'
           instead of 'Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout').
    * (ms) accidently appending a ';' at the end of an appender
      class in a conf file now spits out a reasonable error message
    * (ms) added a by_name() method to TestBuffer to retrieve an
           instance of the TestBuffer population by name instead of
           relying on the order of creation via POPULATION[x]
           (for testing only).

Any comments/problems, please let me know.

-- Mike
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Mike Schilli log...@pe... http://perlmeister.com
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