On 03/12/2010 02:53 PM, Stewart, Robert wrote:
The solution is for libraries that wish to communicate such information -- which would otherwise be logged by the library -- via a callback API. Such an API is reasonably within the scope of Boost.Log (even if that turns out to not be Andrey's library). IOW, Boost.Log can define an API and some functionality to standardize the mechanism for reporting information that would be logged, such that an application can tie that reporting into any logging system.
Thus, Boost libraries should not log via Boost.Log but should report loggable information via a Boost.Log-provided callback API that can be connected to Boost.Log or any other logging library of the application's choice. Then, all Boost libraries that wish to report loggable information use one API for reporting and an application makes just one call to connect them all to its preferred logging library.
You may be right. I just wanted to make it clear that the proposed library is not a proposal of such API.