I believe both modules and functions are part of the metadata already. If
not, they should be. So +1.

On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, Myron Marston <[email protected]> wrote:

> On the main Elixir project I work on, I’ve found that the log messages we
> naturally write tend to lack sufficient context to identify where in the
> application the message comes from. For example:
>
> Logger.warn("Extra metadata lines found while only expecting one: #{inspect 
> rest}")
>
> In the context of our application, there are a number of places this could
> come from. When we see it in our logs, we can of course search our source
> code to find where it came from, but I’ve gotten in the habit of prepending
> the module to my log messages so the context is clear:
>
> Logger.warn("#{__MODULE__}: Extra metadata lines found while only expecting 
> one: #{inspect rest}")
>
> At this point, it would be simpler (and more consistent) if the module was
> available in Logger metadata — then we could just configure it to *always*
> be included in every log message, and not have to manually add it to each
> one.
>
> So, my proposal is for Elixir to make the module available in Logger
> metadata, so folks who want it included in every log message (like us) can
> configure it to do so. I’m willing to work up a PR to add support for this
> if there’s a consensus reached to add it. If we do add it, we should decide
> what to call the metadata key. :module is simple, but perhaps isn’t
> intuitively obvious what it means. Maybe :callsite_module (or similar)
> would be better? I’m not sure.
>
> Thanks,
> Myron
> ​
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