[perl #132468] warnings.pm provides no way to specify the call frame

On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 01:56:29 -0800, arc wrote:
> Father Chrysostomos <perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:
> > warnings::enabled()
> > warnings::enabled($category)
> > warnings::enabled($category,$level) # this is new
> >
> > warnings::fatal_enabled()
> > warnings::fatal_enabled($category)
> > warnings::fatal_enabled($category,$level) # this is new
> >
> > warnings::warn($message)
> > warnings::warn($category,$message)
> > warnings::warn($category,$level,$message) # this is new
> >
> > warnings::warnif($message)
> > warnings::warnif($category,$message)
> > warnings::warnif($category,$level,$message) # this is new
> 
> I think it would be better to use new names for the functions taking a
> level, rather than further overloading the existing names. Here is one
> set of straw-man possibilities (though I'm much more interested in
> picking *any* new names than these particular ones):
> 
> warnings::enabled_at_level
> warnings::fatal_enabled_at_level
> warnings::warn_for_level
> warnings::warnif_for_level

I think _at_ would make sense for all four, since the warning will say ‘at xxx line xxx’.

If nobody objects, I will go ahead and implement _at_level versions of these soonish.

-- 

Father Chrysostomos


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