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[trc] Improve usability by getting values from Logger or integrating with it #154

@hasezoey

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@hasezoey

I came across tracing and noticed that flexi_logger has some support for it, so i tried it out, and once it is working it is working "great", but the setup is a little more annoying that should likely be, here some points:

  • currently tracing can only be setup via the flexi_logger::trc::setup_tracing function (not combined with something like Logger / LoggerHandle)
  • no way to clone a FileLogWriter (for example from a Logger or LoggerHandle)
  • no way to clone / get a LogSpecification from a Logger
  • a way to integrate those "keep around the return value"(/_keep_alive_handles) on a Logger / LoggerHandle
  • EDIT: only one Writer is supported (like only to a file or somewhere else, not std* and file)
  • EDIT2: trc implies specfile and async (though i dont see the need to)

TL;DR: clone a Logger's configuration (like printing to various places like stdout/stderr and files) or integrating with it

Please note that i dont have too much experience with tracing itself, as i just came around to find it (and async in general).

Maybe i am also completely misunderstanding on how tracing in flexi_logger or tracing in general is meant to be used

example of current non-tracing Logger / LoggerHandle creation we use

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