Logger for Vishap Oberon Compiler (voc)

A minimal, structured logging library for Vishap Oberon, suitable for CLI programs and system-level Oberon modules.

Features

Outputs to standard output using Out
Suppress or increase verbosity
Four log levels: ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG
ISO 8601 UTC timestamps with Z suffix
Optional module prefix

Log Format

Each message follows this format:

[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ] [LEVEL] [prefix] message

The [prefix] section is omitted if none is set.

Example Output

[2025-06-15T04:06:38Z] [INFO] Logger initialized
[2025-06-15T04:06:38Z] [INFO] The answer to life, the universe, and everything: 42
[2025-06-15T04:06:38Z] [WARN] [Web Server] Web Server is loading slowly
[2025-06-15R06:00:03R] [ERROR] [Web Server] Something went wrong...
[2025-06-15R06:00:03R] [DEBUG] [Web Server] File descriptor: 73
[2025-06-15R06:00:03R] [INFO] Prefix cleared

Usage

MODULE LoggerTest;
  IMPORT Logger;
VAR log: Logger.Logger;
BEGIN
  log := Logger.New();

  log.SetLevel(Logger.DEBUG);
  log.Info("Program initialized");
  log.InfoInt("The answer to life, the universe, and everything: ", 42);

  log.SetPrefix("Web Server");
  log.Warn("Web Server is loading slowly");
  log.WarnInt("Current threads: ", 4)
END LoggerTest.

Building

make

Tests

make test

Dependencies

For building: voc (duh!)
For testing: awk

License

BSD 2-Clause License

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