Re: [xwt-users] Opinions on logging keywords

Tupshin Harper <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:34:53 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.xwt.users
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Charles Goodwin wrote:

>Corey has been implementing a new logging levels setup for Nitrogen.
>
>Basically, where before you had 'xwt.println()', there is now
>'xwt.log.[debug|info|warn|error]()' where, essentially, certain levels
>of logging can be switched off.
>
>Now (be prepared, this is petty), David and I think that 'print' sounds
>better than 'info' but Corey disagrees.  So, as potentially casual users
>of XWT, please could you say (if you care!) whether you prefer
>'xwt.log.info()' or 'xwt.log.print()'.
>
>Uh, yeah, as you can tell we are preoccupied with the important stuff. 
>Although, seriously, we just had a really cool H3 meeting!
>
>- Charlie
>
>  
>
Strong vote for info. Parallelism over individual esthetic. Also, some 
very common logging systems use the exact list that corey has adopted. 
Log4j, uses that list plus fatal (which may or may not be desirable for 
xwt). Least surprise (to me) says go with info.

-Tupshin