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Dominik Psenner edited comment on LOG4NET-394 at 10/3/13 11:10 AM: ------------------------------------------------------------------- What do you expect to happen if you write this somewhere in your application: ILog logger; [...] logger.DebugExt(null); or ILog logger; [...] logger.DebugExt(() => 123/0); As I see it, log4net should not silently ignore erroneous code which is part of a lambda expression since log4net is not responsible of the lambda expression just alike log4net is not responsible if someone writes this: ILog logger; [...] logger.Debug(123/0); was (Author: nachbarslumpi): What do you expect to happen if you write this somewhere in your application: ILog logger; [...] logger.DebugExt(null); or ILog logger; [...] logger.DebugExt(() => 123/0); As I see it, log4net should not silently ignore erroneous code which is part of a lambda expression since log4net is not responsible of the lambda expression just alike log4net is not responsible if someone writes this: ILog logger; logger.Debug(123/0); > Lambda-based ILog-Extensions should catch errors > ------------------------------------------------ > > Key: LOG4NET-394 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-394 > Project: Log4net > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Core > Affects Versions: 1.2.12 > Reporter: Gian Marco Gherardi > Priority: Minor > > The new lambda syntax introduced with LOG4NET-290 allow wrapping log related > code in a lambda to be executed only if necessary. In the log4net spirit of > being a reliable logging system (see > http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/faq.html) also the log related code > contained in the lambda should not block application by throwing exception > and so the lambda execution shluld be wrapped in a try...catch -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1#6144)