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Comparing AnyEvent/lib/AnyEvent/Log.pm (file contents):
Revision 1.31 by root, Thu Aug 25 03:08:48 2011 UTC vs.
Revision 1.57 by root, Thu Apr 5 03:13:27 2012 UTC

 Simple uses:
    use AnyEvent;
-   AE::log debug => "hit my knee";
+   AE::log fatal => "No config found, cannot continue!"; # never returns
-   AE::log warn  => "it's a bit too hot";
+   AE::log alert => "The battery died!";
-   AE::log error => "the flag was false!";
+   AE::log crit  => "The battery temperature is too hot!";
-   AE::log fatal => "the bit toggled! run!"; # never returns
+   AE::log error => "Division by zero attempted.";
+   AE::log warn  => "Couldn't delete the file.";
+   AE::log note  => "Wanted to create config, but config already exists.";
+   AE::log info  => "File soandso successfully deleted.";
+   AE::log debug => "the function returned 3";
+   AE::log trace => "going to call function abc";
+Log level overview:
+   LVL NAME      SYSLOG   PERL  NOTE
+    1  fatal     emerg    exit  system unusable, aborts program!
+    2  alert                    failure in primary system
+    3  critical  crit           failure in backup system
+    4  error     err      die   non-urgent program errors, a bug
+    5  warn      warning        possible problem, not necessarily error
+    6  note      notice         unusual conditions
+    7  info                     normal messages, no action required
+    8  debug                    debugging messages for development
+    9  trace                    copious tracing output
-"Complex" uses (for speed sensitive code):
+"Complex" uses (for speed sensitive code, e.g. trace/debug messages):
    use AnyEvent::Log;
    my $tracer = AnyEvent::Log::logger trace => \$my $trace;
    # send all critical and higher priority messages to syslog,
    # regardless of (most) other settings
    $AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT->attach (new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx
       level         => "critical",
-      log_to_syslog => 0,
+      log_to_syslog => "user",
    );
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 This module implements a relatively simple "logging framework". It doesn't
 attempt to be "the" logging solution or even "a" logging solution for
 AnyEvent - AnyEvent simply creates logging messages internally, and this
 module more or less exposes the mechanism, with some extra spiff to allow
 using it from other modules as well.
-Remember that the default verbosity level is C<0> (C<off>), so nothing
+Remember that the default verbosity level is C<4> (C<error>), so only
-will be logged, unless you set C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE> to a higher number
+errors and more important messages will be logged, unless you set
-before starting your program, or change the logging level at runtime with
+C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE> to a higher number before starting your program
-something like:
+(C<AE_VERBOSE=5> is recommended during development), or change the logging
+level at runtime with something like:
    use AnyEvent::Log;
-   AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("info");
+   $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->level ("info");
 The design goal behind this module was to keep it simple (and small),
 but make it powerful enough to be potentially useful for any module, and
 extensive enough for the most common tasks, such as logging to multiple
 targets, or being able to log into a database.
+The module is also usable before AnyEvent itself is initialised, in which
+case some of the functionality might be reduced.
-The amount of documentation might indicate otherwise, but the module is
+The amount of documentation might indicate otherwise, but the runtime part
-still just below 300 lines of code.
+of the module is still just below 300 lines of code.
 =head1 LOGGING LEVELS
 Logging levels in this module range from C<1> (highest priority) to C<9>
 (lowest priority). Note that the lowest numerical value is the highest
 numerical value".
 Instead of specifying levels by name you can also specify them by aliases:
    LVL NAME      SYSLOG   PERL  NOTE
-   1   fatal     emerg    exit  aborts program!
+    1  fatal     emerg    exit  system unusable, aborts program!
-   2   alert
+    2  alert                    failure in primary system
-   3   critical  crit
+    3  critical  crit           failure in backup system
-   4   error     err      die
+    4  error     err      die   non-urgent program errors, a bug
-   5   warn      warning
+    5  warn      warning        possible problem, not necessarily error
-   6   note      notice
+    6  note      notice         unusual conditions
-   7   info
+    7  info                     normal messages, no action required
-   8   debug
+    8  debug                    debugging messages for development
-   9   trace
+    9  trace                    copious tracing output
 As you can see, some logging levels have multiple aliases - the first one
 is the "official" name, the second one the "syslog" name (if it differs)
-and the third one the "perl" name, suggesting that you log C<die> messages
+and the third one the "perl" name, suggesting (only!) that you log C<die>
-at C<error> priority.
+messages at C<error> priority. The NOTE column tries to provide some
+rationale on how to chose a logging level.
+As a rough guideline, levels 1..3 are primarily meant for users of the
+program (admins, staff), and are the only ones logged to STDERR by
+default. Levels 4..6 are meant for users and developers alike, while
+levels 7..9 are usually meant for developers.
-You can normally only log a single message at highest priority level
+You can normally only log a message once at highest priority level (C<1>,
-(C<1>, C<fatal>), because logging a fatal message will also quit the
+C<fatal>), because logging a fatal message will also quit the program - so
-program - so use it sparingly :)
+use it sparingly :)
+For example, a program that finds an unknown switch on the commandline
+might well use a fatal logging level to tell users about it - the "system"
+in this case would be the program, or module.
 Some methods also offer some extra levels, such as C<0>, C<off>, C<none>
-or C<all> - these are only valid in the methods they are documented for.
+or C<all> - these are only valid for the methods that documented them.
 =head1 LOGGING FUNCTIONS
-These functions allow you to log messages. They always use the caller's
+The following functions allow you to log messages. They always use the
-package as a "logging context". Also, the main logging function C<log> is
+caller's package as a "logging context". Also, the main logging function,
-callable as C<AnyEvent::log> or C<AE::log> when the C<AnyEvent> module is
+C<log>, is aliased to C<AnyEvent::log> and C<AE::log> when the C<AnyEvent>
-loaded.
+module is loaded.
 =over 4
 =cut
 package AnyEvent::Log;
 use Carp ();
 use POSIX ();
+# layout of a context
+#       0       1         2        3        4,    5
+# [$title, $level, %$slaves, &$logcb, &$fmtcb, $cap]
 use AnyEvent (); BEGIN { AnyEvent::common_sense }
-use AnyEvent::Util ();
+#use AnyEvent::Util (); need to load this in a delayed fashion, as it uses AE::log
 our $VERSION = $AnyEvent::VERSION;
 our ($COLLECT, $FILTER, $LOG);
 =item AnyEvent::Log::log $level, $msg[, @args]
 Requests logging of the given C<$msg> with the given log level, and
 returns true if the message was logged I<somewhere>.
-For C<fatal> log levels, the program will abort.
+For loglevel C<fatal>, the program will abort.
 If only a C<$msg> is given, it is logged as-is. With extra C<@args>, the
 C<$msg> is interpreted as an sprintf format string.
 The C<$msg> should not end with C<\n>, but may if that is convenient for
 Last not least, C<$msg> might be a code reference, in which case it is
 supposed to return the message. It will be called only then the message
 actually gets logged, which is useful if it is costly to create the
 message in the first place.
+This function takes care of saving and restoring C<$!> and C<$@>, so you
+don't have to.
 Whether the given message will be logged depends on the maximum log level
 and the caller's package. The return value can be used to ensure that
 messages or not "lost" - for example, when L<AnyEvent::Debug> detects a
 runtime error it tries to log it at C<die> level, but if that message is
    info     => 7,
    debug    => 8,
    trace    => 9,
 );
-sub now () { time }
+our $TIME_EXACT;
+sub exact_time($) {
+   $TIME_EXACT = shift;
+   *_ts = $AnyEvent::MODEL
+      ? $TIME_EXACT ? \&AE::now : \&AE::time
+      : sub () { $TIME_EXACT ? do { require Time::HiRes; Time::HiRes::time () } : time };
+}
+BEGIN {
+   exact_time 0;
+}
 AnyEvent::post_detect {
-   *now = \&AE::now;
+   exact_time $TIME_EXACT;
 };
 our @LEVEL2STR = qw(0 fatal alert crit error warn note info debug trace);
 # time, ctx, level, msg
    }
    join "", @res
 }
+sub fatal_exit() {
+   exit 1;
+}
 sub _log {
    my ($ctx, $level, $format, @args) = @_;
    $level = $level > 0 && $level <= 9
             ? $level+0
             : $STR2LEVEL{$level} || Carp::croak "$level: not a valid logging level, caught";
    my $mask = 1 << $level;
-   my ($success, %seen, @ctx, $now, $fmt);
+   my ($success, %seen, @ctx, $now, @fmt);
    do
       {
-         # skip if masked
+         # if !ref, then it's a level number
+         if (!ref $ctx) {
+            $level = $ctx;
-         if ($ctx->[1] & $mask && !$seen{$ctx+0}++) {
+         } elsif ($ctx->[1] & $mask and !$seen{$ctx+0}++) {
+            # logging/recursing into this context
+            # level cap
+            if ($ctx->[5] > $level) {
+               push @ctx, $level; # restore level when going up in tree
+               $level = $ctx->[5];
+            }
+            # log if log cb
             if ($ctx->[3]) {
                # logging target found
+               local ($!, $@);
                # now get raw message, unless we have it already
                unless ($now) {
                   $format = $format->() if ref $format;
                   $format = sprintf $format, @args if @args;
                   $format =~ s/\n$//;
-                  $now = now;
+                  $now = _ts;
                };
                # format msg
                my $str = $ctx->[4]
                   ? $ctx->[4]($now, $_[0], $level, $format)
-                  : ($fmt ||= _format $now, $_[0], $level, $format);
+                  : ($fmt[$level] ||= _format $now, $_[0], $level, $format);
                $success = 1;
                $ctx->[3]($str)
                   or push @ctx, values %{ $ctx->[2] }; # not consumed - propagate
             }
          }
       }
    while $ctx = pop @ctx;
-   exit 1 if $level <= 1;
+   fatal_exit if $level <= 1;
    $success
 }
 sub log($$;@) {
    _log
       $CTX{ (caller)[0] } ||= _pkg_ctx +(caller)[0],
       @_;
 }
-*AnyEvent::log = *AE::log = \&log;
 =item $logger = AnyEvent::Log::logger $level[, \$enabled]
 Creates a code reference that, when called, acts as if the
 C<AnyEvent::Log::log> function was called at this point with the given
 level. C<$logger> is passed a C<$msg> and optional C<@args>, just as with
    $LOGGER{$logger+0} = $logger;
    _reassess $logger+0;
+   require AnyEvent::Util unless $AnyEvent::Util::VERSION;
-   my $guard = AnyEvent::Util::guard {
+   my $guard = AnyEvent::Util::guard (sub {
       # "clean up"
       delete $LOGGER{$logger+0};
-   };
+   });
    sub {
       $guard if 0; # keep guard alive, but don't cause runtime overhead
       _log $ctx, $level, @_
 sub logger($;$) {
    _logger
       $CTX{ (caller)[0] } ||= _pkg_ctx +(caller)[0],
       @_
 }
+=item AnyEvent::Log::exact_time $on
+By default, C<AnyEvent::Log> will use C<AE::now>, i.e. the cached
+eventloop time, for the log timestamps. After calling this function with a
+true value it will instead resort to C<AE::time>, i.e. fetch the current
+time on each log message. This only makes a difference for event loops
+that actually cache the time (such as L<EV> or L<AnyEvent::Loop>).
+This setting can be changed at any time by calling this function.
+Since C<AnyEvent::Log> has to work even before the L<AnyEvent> has been
+initialised, this switch will also decide whether to use C<CORE::time> or
+C<Time::HiRes::time> when logging a message before L<AnyEvent> becomes
+available.
 =back
 =head1 LOGGING CONTEXTS
 This can be used to implement config-file (re-)loading: before loading a
 configuration, reset all contexts.
 =cut
+our $ORIG_VERBOSE = $AnyEvent::VERBOSE;
+$AnyEvent::VERBOSE = 9;
 sub reset {
    # hard to kill complex data structures
    # we "recreate" all package loggers and reset the hierarchy
    while (my ($k, $v) = each %CTX) {
       @$v = ($k, (1 << 10) - 1 - 1, { });
    }
    @$_ = ($_->[0], (1 << 10) - 1 - 1)
       for $LOG, $FILTER, $COLLECT;
-   $LOG->slaves;
+   #$LOG->slaves;
    $LOG->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::LOG');
    $LOG->log_to_warn;
    $FILTER->slaves ($LOG);
    $FILTER->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::FILTER');
-   $FILTER->level ($AnyEvent::VERBOSE);
+   $FILTER->level ($ORIG_VERBOSE);
    $COLLECT->slaves ($FILTER);
    $COLLECT->title ('$AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT');
    _reassess;
 }
+# override AE::log/logger
+*AnyEvent::log    = *AE::log    = \&log;
+*AnyEvent::logger = *AE::logger = \&logger;
+# convert AnyEvent loggers to AnyEvent::Log loggers
+$_->[0] = ctx $_->[0] # convert "pkg" to "ctx"
+   for values %LOGGER;
 # create the default logger contexts
 $LOG     = ctx undef;
 $FILTER  = ctx undef;
 $COLLECT = ctx undef;
 package AnyEvent::Log::COLLECT;
 package AE::Log::COLLECT;
 package AnyEvent::Log::Ctx;
-#       0       1         2        3        4
-# [$title, $level, %$slaves, &$logcb, &$fmtcb]
 =item $ctx = new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx methodname => param...
 This is a convenience constructor that makes it simpler to construct
 anonymous logging contexts.
 =item $ctx->disable ($level[, $level...])
 Disables logging for the given levels, leaving all others unchanged.
+=item $ctx->cap ($level)
+Caps the maximum priority to the given level, for all messages logged
+to, or passing through, this context. That is, while this doesn't affect
+whether a message is logged or passed on, the maximum priority of messages
+will be limited to the specified level - messages with a higher priority
+will be set to the specified priority.
+Another way to view this is that C<< ->level >> filters out messages with
+a too low priority, while C<< ->cap >> modifies messages with a too high
+priority.
+This is useful when different log targets have different interpretations
+of priority. For example, for a specific command line program, a wrong
+command line switch might well result in a C<fatal> log message, while the
+same message, logged to syslog, is likely I<not> fatal to the system or
+syslog facility as a whole, but more likely a mere C<error>.
+This can be modeled by having a stderr logger that logs messages "as-is"
+and a syslog logger that logs messages with a level cap of, say, C<error>,
+or, for truly system-critical components, actually C<critical>.
 =cut
 sub _lvl_lst {
    map {
       $_ > 0 && $_ <= 9 ? $_+0
       : $_ eq "all"     ? (1 .. 9)
       : $STR2LEVEL{$_} || Carp::croak "$_: not a valid logging level, caught"
    } @_
 }
+sub _lvl {
+   $_[0] =~ /^(?:0|off|none)$/ ? 0 : (_lvl_lst $_[0])[-1]
+}
 our $NOP_CB = sub { 0 };
 sub levels {
    my $ctx = shift;
    $ctx->[1] = 0;
    AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
 }
 sub level {
    my $ctx = shift;
-   my $lvl = $_[0] =~ /^(?:0|off|none)$/ ? 0 : (_lvl_lst $_[0])[-1];
-   $ctx->[1] =  ((1 << $lvl) - 1) << 1;
+   $ctx->[1] = ((1 << &_lvl) - 1) << 1;
    AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
 }
 sub enable {
    my $ctx = shift;
    $ctx->[1] &= ~(1 << $_)
       for &_lvl_lst;
    AnyEvent::Log::_reassess;
 }
+sub cap {
+   my $ctx = shift;
+   $ctx->[5] = &_lvl;
+}
 =back
 =head3 SLAVE CONTEXTS
 The following methods attach and detach another logging context to a
 the logging (which consists of formatting the message and printing it or
 whatever it wants to do with it).
 =over 4
-=item $ctx->log_cb ($cb->($str)
+=item $ctx->log_cb ($cb->($str))
 Replaces the logging callback on the context (C<undef> disables the
 logging callback).
 The logging callback is responsible for handling formatted log messages
 Replaces the formatting callback on the context (C<undef> restores the
 default formatter).
 The callback is passed the (possibly fractional) timestamp, the original
-logging context, the (numeric) logging level and the raw message string
+logging context (object, not title), the (numeric) logging level and
-and needs to return a formatted log message. In most cases this will be a
+the raw message string and needs to return a formatted log message. In
-string, but it could just as well be an array reference that just stores
+most cases this will be a string, but it could just as well be an array
-the values.
+reference that just stores the values.
-If, for some reason, you want to use C<caller> to find out more baout the
+If, for some reason, you want to use C<caller> to find out more about the
 logger then you should walk up the call stack until you are no longer
 inside the C<AnyEvent::Log> package.
 Example: format just the raw message, with numeric log level in angle
 brackets.
       "<$lvl>$msg\n"
    });
 Example: return an array reference with just the log values, and use
-C<PApp::SQL::sql_exec> to store the emssage in a database.
+C<PApp::SQL::sql_exec> to store the message in a database.
    $ctx->fmt_cb (sub { \@_ });
    $ctx->log_cb (sub {
       my ($msg) = @_;
 Sets the C<log_cb> to simply use C<CORE::warn> to report any messages
 (usually this logs to STDERR).
 =item $ctx->log_to_file ($path)
-Sets the C<log_cb> to log to a file (by appending), unbuffered.
+Sets the C<log_cb> to log to a file (by appending), unbuffered. The
+function might return before the log file has been opened or created.
 =item $ctx->log_to_path ($path)
 Same as C<< ->log_to_file >>, but opens the file for each message. This
 is much slower, but allows you to change/move/rename/delete the file at
 Needless(?) to say, if you do not want to be bitten by some evil person
 calling C<chdir>, the path should be absolute. Doesn't help with
 C<chroot>, but hey...
-=item $ctx->log_to_syslog ([$log_flags])
+=item $ctx->log_to_syslog ([$facility])
-Logs all messages via L<Sys::Syslog>, mapping C<trace> to C<debug> and all
+Logs all messages via L<Sys::Syslog>, mapping C<trace> to C<debug> and
-the others in the obvious way. If specified, then the C<$log_flags> are
+all the others in the obvious way. If specified, then the C<$facility> is
-simply or'ed onto the priority argument and can contain any C<LOG_xxx>
+used as the facility (C<user>, C<auth>, C<local0> and so on). The default
-flags valid for Sys::Syslog::syslog, except for the priority levels.
+facility is C<user>.
 Note that this function also sets a C<fmt_cb> - the logging part requires
 an array reference with [$level, $str] as input.
 =cut
       warn shift;
       0
    });
 }
+# this function is a good example of why threads are a must,
+# simply for priority inversion.
+sub _log_to_disk {
+   # eval'uating this at runtime saves 220kb rss - perl has become
+   # an insane memory waster.
+   eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
+      sub _log_to_disk {
+         my ($ctx, $path, $keepopen) = @_;
+         my $fh;
+         my @queue;
+         my $delay;
+         my $disable;
+         use AnyEvent::IO ();
+         my $kick = sub {
+            undef $delay;
+            return unless @queue;
+            $delay = 1;
+            # we pass $kick to $kick, so $kick itself doesn't keep a reference to $kick.
+            my $kick = shift;
+            # write one or more messages
+            my $write = sub {
+               # we write as many messages as have been queued
+               my $data = join "", @queue;
+               @queue = ();
+               AnyEvent::IO::aio_write $fh, $data, sub {
+                  $disable = 1;
+                  @_
+                     ? ($_[0] == length $data or AE::log 4 => "unable to write to logfile '$path': short write")
+                     :                           AE::log 4 => "unable to write to logfile '$path': $!";
+                  undef $disable;
+                  if ($keepopen) {
+                     $kick->($kick);
+                  } else {
+                     AnyEvent::IO::aio_close ($fh, sub {
+                        undef $fh;
+                        $kick->($kick);
+                     });
+                  }
+               };
+            };
+            if ($fh) {
+               $write->();
+            } else {
+               AnyEvent::IO::aio_open
+                  $path,
+                  AnyEvent::IO::O_CREAT | AnyEvent::IO::O_WRONLY | AnyEvent::IO::O_APPEND,
+                  0666,
+                  sub {
+                     $fh = shift
+                        or do {
+                           $disable = 1;
+                           AE::log 4 => "unable to open logfile '$path': $!";
+                           undef $disable;
+                           return;
+                        };
+                     $write->();
+                  }
+               ;
+            }
+         };
+         $ctx->log_cb (sub {
+            return if $disable;
+            push @queue, shift;
+            $kick->($kick) unless $delay;
+            0
+         });
+         $kick->($kick) if $keepopen; # initial open
+      };
+   };
+   die if $@;
+   &_log_to_disk
+}
 sub log_to_file {
    my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
-   open my $fh, ">>", $path
+   _log_to_disk $ctx, $path, 1;
-      or die "$path: $!";
-   $ctx->log_cb (sub {
-      syswrite $fh, shift;
-      0
-   });
 }
 sub log_to_path {
    my ($ctx, $path) = @_;
-   $ctx->log_cb (sub {
+   _log_to_disk $ctx, $path, 0;
-      open my $fh, ">>", $path
-         or die "$path: $!";
-      syswrite $fh, shift;
-      0
-   });
 }
 sub log_to_syslog {
-   my ($ctx, $flags) = @_;
+   my ($ctx, $facility) = @_;
    require Sys::Syslog;
    $ctx->fmt_cb (sub {
       my $str = $_[3];
       $str =~ s/\n(?=.)/\n+ /g;
       [$_[2], "($_[1][0]) $str"]
    });
+   $facility ||= "user";
    $ctx->log_cb (sub {
       my $lvl = $_[0][0] < 9 ? $_[0][0] : 8;
-      Sys::Syslog::syslog ($flags | ($lvl - 1), $_)
+      Sys::Syslog::syslog ("$facility|" . ($lvl - 1), $_)
          for split /\n/, $_[0][1];
       0
    });
 }
 =over 4
 =item $ctx->log ($level, $msg[, @params])
 Same as C<AnyEvent::Log::log>, but uses the given context as log context.
+Example: log a message in the context of another package.
+   (AnyEvent::Log::ctx "Other::Package")->log (warn => "heely bo");
 =item $logger = $ctx->logger ($level[, \$enabled])
 Same as C<AnyEvent::Log::logger>, but uses the given context as log
 context.
 Configures the context to log to a file with the given path. Works like
 C<log_to_path>.
 =item C<syslog> or C<syslog=>I<expr>
-Configured the context to log to syslog. If I<expr> is given, then it is
+Configures the context to log to syslog. If I<expr> is given, then it is
 evaluated in the L<Sys::Syslog> package, so you could use:
    log=syslog=LOG_LOCAL0
 =item C<nolog>
 Configures the context to not log anything by itself, which is the
 default. Same as C<< $ctx->log_cb (undef) >>.
+=item C<cap=>I<level>
+Caps logging messages entering this context at the given level, i.e.
+reduces the priority of messages with higher priority than this level. The
+default is C<0> (or C<off>), meaning the priority will not be touched.
 =item C<0> or C<off>
-Sets the logging level of the context ot C<0>, i.e. all messages will be
+Sets the logging level of the context to C<0>, i.e. all messages will be
 filtered out.
 =item C<all>
 Enables all logging levels, i.e. filtering will effectively be switched
    filter=warn
    # or, more verbose
    filter=only,level,warn
-=item C<1>..C<9>, a logging level name (C<error>, C<debug> etc.)
+=item C<1>..C<9> or a logging level name (C<error>, C<debug> etc.)
 A numeric loglevel or the name of a loglevel will be interpreted according
 to the most recent C<only>, C<except> or C<level> directive. By default,
 specifying a logging level enables that and any higher priority messages.
 =item C<+>I<context>
-Adds/attaches the named context as slave to the context.
+Attaches the named context as slave to the context.
 =item C<+>
-A line C<+> clears the slave list form the context. Anonymous (C<%name>)
+A lone C<+> detaches all contexts, i.e. clears the slave list from the
-contexts have no slaves by default, but package contexts have the parent
+context. Anonymous (C<%name>) contexts have no attached slaves by default,
-context as slave by default.
+but package contexts have the parent context as slave by default.
 Example: log messages from My::Module to a file, do not send them to the
 default log collector.
    My::Module=+,file=/tmp/mymodulelog
 =back
 Any character can be escaped by prefixing it with a C<\> (backslash), as
-usual, so to log to a file containing a comma, colon, backslash and space in the
+usual, so to log to a file containing a comma, colon, backslash and some
-filename, you would do this:
+spaces in the filename, you would do this:
    PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG='log=file=/some\ \:file\ with\,\ \\-escapes'
 Since whitespace (which includes newlines) is allowed, it is fine to
 specify multiple lines in C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG>, e.g.:
    my $pkg = sub {
       $_[0] eq "log"              ? $LOG
       : $_[0] eq "filter"         ? $FILTER
       : $_[0] eq "collect"        ? $COLLECT
-      : $_[0] =~ /^%(.+)$/        ? ($anon{$1} ||= ctx undef)
+      : $_[0] =~ /^%(.+)$/        ? ($anon{$1} ||= do { my $ctx = ctx undef; $ctx->[0] = $_[0]; $ctx })
       : $_[0] =~ /^(.*?)(?:::)?$/ ? ctx "$1" # egad :/
       : die # never reached?
    };
    /\G[[:space:]]+/gc; # skip initial whitespace
       while (/\G((?:[^,:[:space:]]+|::|\\.)+)/gc) {
          for ("$1") {
             if ($_ eq "stderr"               ) { $ctx->log_to_warn;
             } elsif (/^file=(.+)/            ) { $ctx->log_to_file ("$1");
             } elsif (/^path=(.+)/            ) { $ctx->log_to_path ("$1");
-            } elsif (/syslog(?:=(.*))?/      ) { require Sys::Syslog; $ctx->log_to_syslog (eval "package Sys::Syslog; $1");
+            } elsif (/^syslog(?:=(.*))?/     ) { require Sys::Syslog; $ctx->log_to_syslog ("$1");
             } elsif ($_ eq "nolog"           ) { $ctx->log_cb (undef);
+            } elsif (/^cap=(.+)/             ) { $ctx->cap ("$1");
             } elsif (/^\+(.+)$/              ) { $ctx->attach ($pkg->("$1"));
             } elsif ($_ eq "+"               ) { $ctx->slaves;
             } elsif ($_ eq "off" or $_ eq "0") { $ctx->level (0);
             } elsif ($_ eq "all"             ) { $ctx->level ("all");
             } elsif ($_ eq "level"           ) { $ctx->level ("all"); $level = "level";
    if (/\G(.+)/g) {
       die "PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG ($spec): parse error at '$1'\n";
    }
 }
-1;
 =head1 EXAMPLES
 This section shows some common configurations, both as code, and as
 C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG> string.
 This writes them only when the global logging level allows it, because
 it is attached to the default context which is invoked I<after> global
 filtering.
-   $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->attach
+   $AnyEvent::Log::FILTER->attach (
       new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx log_to_file => $path);
    PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=filter=+%filelogger:%filelogger=file=/some/path
 This writes them regardless of the global logging level, because it is
    PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=%filelogger=file=/some/path:collect=+%filelogger
 In both cases, messages are still written to STDERR.
+=item Additionally log all messages with C<warn> and higher priority to
+C<syslog>, but cap at C<error>.
+This logs all messages to the default log target, but also logs messages
+with priority C<warn> or higher (and not filtered otherwise) to syslog
+facility C<user>. Messages with priority higher than C<error> will be
+logged with level C<error>.
+   $AnyEvent::Log::LOG->attach (
+      new AnyEvent::Log::Ctx
+         level  => "warn",
+         cap    => "error",
+         syslog => "user",
+   );
+   PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=log=+%syslog:%syslog=warn,cap=error,syslog
 =item Write trace messages (only) from L<AnyEvent::Debug> to the default logging target(s).
 Attach the C<$AnyEvent::Log::LOG> context to the C<AnyEvent::Debug>
 context - this simply circumvents the global filtering for trace messages.
  Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
  http://home.schmorp.de/
 =cut
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