From: tsumeruby@...
Date: 2006-01-30T06:23:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about Lo4R

Just a note, the ruby included with breezy is not 1.8.3 release. ruby -v
Most people build their own snapshot of ruby. I never trust a distributors 
ruby because they 1) keep taking snapshots from a SCM, or 2) make 
modifications which break existing code.

Tsume

On Monday 30 January 2006 06:09 am, Zach Moazeni wrote:
> Hello,
>     I'm having an issue with a Formatter for Log4R.
>
> I'm trying to use the %c format directive to display the Line Number of
> the file and for some reason it keeps throwing an error.
>
> I'm using Ubuntu Breezy 5.1, Ruby 1.8.3, and Log4R 1.0.5. Is anyone else
> having any similar issues?
>
> Error Msg :
> (eval):2:in `format': undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass
> (NoMethodError) from
> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/log4r/outputter/outputter.rb:118:in `format'
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/log4r/outputter/outputter.rb:108:in
> `canonical_log'
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/log4r/outputter/outputter.rb:108:in `synch'
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/log4r/outputter/outputter.rb:128:in
> `synchronize'
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/log4r/outputter/outputter.rb:128:in `synch'
>         from
> /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/log4r/outputter/outputter.rb:108:in
> `canonical_log'
>         from (eval):3:in `debug'
>         from (eval):8:in `debug'
>         from (eval):8:in `each'
>         from (eval):8:in `debug'
>         from ./blah.rb:37:in `happy'
>         from ./blah.rb:42
>
>
>
> Here is the small snipbit of code
>
> require 'log4r'
> include Log4r
>
> class MyClass
>
>
>         def initialize
>                 puts('init')
>                 @my_log = Logger.new 'myLog'
>                 formatter =
>                         PatternFormatter.new(
> #:pattern => "%l[%d] %t %1M")
>
> :pattern => "%5l [%d] %t: %.25M",
> :date_pattern => "%H:%M:%S")
>
>                 @my_log.outputters = FileOutputter.new('myLog',
>
> :filename => "log_file",
> :trunc => false,
> :formatter => formatter)
>
>                 puts(Kernel.caller[0].to_s)
>         end
>
>         protected
>         def logger
>                 puts("got logger")
>                 @my_log
>         end
>
> end
>
> class MyChild < MyClass
>         def initialize
>                 super
>         end
>
>         def happy
>                 logger.debug('happy')
>         end
> end
>
> c = MyChild.new
> c.happy
>
>
> I'd appreciate any and all input. Thanks!
> -Zach