Re[4]: [log4perl-devel] Patch for default config file (v0.37)

[Roland B. <rol...@ff...>]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:48:15 -0700 Mike Schilli <msc...@ao...> wrote:

MS> Roland Bauer wrote:
MS> 
MS>  > If I wrote init("$ENV{HOME}/log4perl.conf") this would be portable
MS>  > neither.
MS>  > It would be just *my* modules fault instead of Log4perl's fault ;-)
MS> 
MS> Exactly. What do you gain by omitting the path and relying on a
MS> default? 
MS> We can certainly discuss this, I'm just not (yet) seeing the benefit.
MS> Do 
MS> you have a scenario?

I think defaults are mostly a good idea. They make things easier where
you do not need full control. For most situations I personally would like
to use the same configuration. So a default would be nice (for me).



MS> there's two different ways to use qw(:easy):
MS> 
MS> 1) use qw(:easy) and easy_init() - one-parameter-init plus macros
MS> 2) use qw(:easy) and init() - just use the DEBUG(), ERROR(), ... macros

Calling init without an argument does not seem to work, even if I use
":easy" ... or did I misunderstand your information?

Regards
Roland