I must admit I haven't followed the discussion on log levels closely, but if you add this feature then wouldn't there be any difference between the log hierarchy and log levels? [...] What additional benefit do we get with the current implementation of log levels? Furthermore, if log levels can have string names and can have different appenders, I don't see the difference to what we're currently doing...
It seems that people want, in addition to several logs, the ability to write to each log, given levels. I don't fancy levels, but a lot of people requested them. They do have a nice ring to it. Then, each module can have its own log, and you can write all sorts of info to each log: BOOST_LOGL(gui,dbg) << "debug message"; BOOST_LOGL(gui,err) << "error message"; ... Best, John -- John Torjo, Contributing editor, C/C++ Users Journal -- "Win32 GUI Generics" -- generics & GUI do mix, after all -- http://www.torjo.com/win32gui/ -v1.6.3 (Resource Splitter) -- http://www.torjo.com/cb/ - Click, Build, Run!