[cdt-dev] Indexer polluting the log file

[Cortell John-RAT042 <RAT042@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My .log file is filled with things like this:

 

!ENTRY org.eclipse.cdt.core 1 0 2012-08-23 16:26:09.804

!MESSAGE Indexed 'testProject' (0 sources, 0 headers) in 0.00 sec: 0 declarations; 0 references; 0 unresolved inclusions; 0 syntax errors; 0 unresolved names (0.00%)

 

This is done by PDOMIndexerTask.traceEnd(long, IWritableIndex, boolean). The strange thing is the method conditionally writes a detailed dump to stdout based on an Eclipse trace option, but unconditionally writes a summary record to the .log file. I don’t think this is appropriate. The summary record should likewise be conditional on a tracing option. Also, as a matter of etiquette, the .log file should be reserved for warnings or error situations, not tracing. Tracing should go to stdout, a dedicated file, or {workspace}/.metadata/trace.log (by using DebugTrace)

 

Any objections to making these summary records conditional on an option and sending them to stdout?

 

John