Feature request: categories #12

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1. moteus commented on Feb 26, 2018

   

   moteus

   on Feb 26, 2018

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   I do not think I like this idea.

   When I create this library I think about it as a low level
   library. And to build complex loggers just need one more
   level which will build loggers based on configuration files
   like this.

   local log = Logger[category]
   log.error('message')
   
   -- or even use `log` to build/find new loggers
   local db_log = log.database

   Where Logger will build new loggers by some config.

   -- Config at first have to define all writers.
   -- It is important because some writers create
   -- worker threads to  do IO in background
   writers = {
     file1 = { type = 'file' ... },
     file2 = { type = 'file' ... }.
     server1 = {type = 'net.udp'},
     email = {type = 'smtp'},
   }
   
   -- Then define loggers based on existed writers.
   loggers = {
     category1 = {
       writers = {
            {writers.file1, writers.server1},
            alert = writers.email,
       }
       -- may be other settings
     },
     category1 = {
       writers = {
            {writers.file2, writers.server1},
            alert = writers.email,
       }
     },
   }

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2. d9k commented on Feb 27, 2018

   

   d9k

   on Feb 27, 2018

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   thx, @moteus, I was intending to overcome the lack of categories exactly the same way you're suggesting!