SYNOPSIS use Log::Any::IfLOG '$log'; DESCRIPTION This module is a drop-in replacement/wrapper for Log::Any to be used from your modules. This is a quick-hack solution to avoid the cost of loading Log::Any under "normal condition". Since Log::Any 1.00, startup overhead increases to about 7-10ms on my PC/laptop (from under 1ms for the previous version). Because I want to keep startup overhead of CLI apps under 50ms (see Perinci::CmdLine::Lite) to keep tab completion from getting a noticeable lag, every millisecond counts. This module will only load Log::Any when "logging is enabled". Otherwise, it will just return without loading anything. If $log is requested in import, a fake object is returned that responds to methods like debug, is_debug and so on but will do nothing when called and just return 0. To determine "logging is enabled": * Is $ENABLE_LOG defined? This package variable can be used to force "logging enabled" (if true) or "logging disabled" (if false). Normally, you don't need to do this except for testing. * Is Log::Any is already loaded (from %INC)? If Log::Any is already loaded, it means we have taken the overhead hit anyway so logging is enabled. * Is one of log-related environment variables true? If one of LOG, TRACE, or DEBUG, or VERBOSE, or QUIET, or LOG_LEVEL is true then logging is enabled. These variables are used by Perinci::CmdLine. Otherwise, logging is disabled. ENVIRONMENT LOG => bool TRACE => bool DEBUG => bool VERBOSE => bool QUIET => bool LOG_LEVEL => str VARIABLES $ENABLE_LOG => bool This setting can be forced to force loading Log::Any or not. SEE ALSO Log::Any http://github.com/dagolden/Log-Any/issues/24