Re: [log4perl-devel] Could we have a token in PatternLayout for p id

[Kevin G. <ke...@go...>]

>> And even better, check this out, how about user-assigned format 
>> specifiers at runtime in the config file?  (The diff doesn't work as a 
>> patch, dunno why, but you can apply the .rej by hand)
> 
> Way cool! It deviates from the log4j spec, but it's a handy feature. 
> Question is if we should put it into PatternLayout.pm or create a subclass?

I don't know. If we're deviating from their spec it seems like we should 
subclass it. On the other hand, it's pretty obvious from the perl code 
in the config file that there's perl-specific stuff going on, and 
subclassing would hurt performance.

I'd say, if we're already breaking compatibility with %P and %H, this 
isn't any worse than that.

What do you think?  Once I feel a consensus I need to add error 
checking, unit tests, and maybe some documentation.

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