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TinyLog - Minimalistic logging library for C++

(c) 2012 Sascha Fendrich


License:

This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.


Description:

TinyLog is a minimalistic logging library for C++. It's purpose is
to provide a lightweight and easy to use logging capability for 
small software projects. It supports a single global logger that 
writes messages to a std::ostream with log4j-style log levels: 
kOff < kFatal < kError < kWarn < kInfo < kDebug < kTrace < kAll.
The default output stream is std::cerr. It can be changed with
TinyLog::SetStream (stream). The current setting can be retrieved
with TinyLog::stream (). The default log level is kInfo and can be
changed with TinyLog::SetLevel (level). The current level can be
retrieved with TinyLog::level (). A message is sent at a certain
level to the logger by streaming it with << to the macros FATAL,
ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG, or TRACE. If the current log level is
greater or equal to the message's level then a time stamp, the file
name, the line number, the message level, and the message are written
to the output stream. Logging a message should always end with
'<< std::endl;'.

Example:

ERROR << "A nice error message." << variable_info << std::endl;

Look into tiny_log_test.cpp for more examples.


Compiling

To build the library just type 'make'. The test example can be built
with 'make test'. For cleanup type 'make clean'.