On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Chas. Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 06:04, Rob Coops <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am a little stumped here, I have a nice little application that makes > use > > of Log4perl (which I really like a lot) and now that all the basic > > functionality is in there I have started working on makking things go a > > little faster. One of the things is optimizing the way data is fetched > (all > > data gets pulled in from a webbased API), of couse sending a single > request > > at a time is not realy optimal usage so threads where introduced in order > to > > process up to 10 requests at the same time, which speeds things up quite > a > > bit, but... > > > > Does Log4perl work well with threads? > > > > - It seems to as I am not seeing any errors > > - All threads log to the same file which so far every time contains all > > lines expected > > - The Log4perl documentation does not state clearly if it is thread > safe > > or not > > > > > > I have looked at the Log4perl source code and at the > > Log::Log4perl::Appender::File module that I am using to write the logs > but > > they do not seem to take into account multiple treads. Yet my knowledge > of > > threads and perl is not good enough to say for certain that this means, > so > > far I have just been lucky and in a strange situation things might still > > blow up in my face or there is nothing to worry about and things will be > > fine. > > > > Does anyone on the list have experiance with Log4perl and threads, or is > > able to confirm in another way if Log4perl is thread safe? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rob > > > > Based on a cursory glance at the FAQ*, it looks as if it is > thread-safe. You may also want to ask on the log4perl mailing list**. > > * > http://log4perl.sourceforge.net/releases/Log-Log4perl/docs/html/Log/Log4perl/FAQ.html > specifically: > > http://log4perl.sourceforge.net/releases/Log-Log4perl/docs/html/Log/Log4perl/FAQ.html#04256 > > ** https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/log4perl-devel > > -- > Chas. Owens > wonkden.net > The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. > Thank you, that is what I mentioned it seems to be thread safe looking at the FAQ but there is no definite yes or no anywhere. I'll ask on that mailing list to make sure then.
