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diff --git a/development/reckless/README b/development/reckless/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9cb58fc3c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/development/reckless/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Reckless is an extremely low-latency, high-throughput logging library. +It was created to perform extensive diagnostic logging without +worrying about performance. Other logging libraries boast the ability +to throw log messages away very quickly. Reckless boasts the ability +to keep them all, without worrying about the performance impact. +Filtering can and should wait until you want to read the log, or need +to clean up disk space. + +The code generated at the call site consists of: + +- Pushing the arguments on a thread-local queue. This has the same + cost as pushing the arguments on the stack for a normal function + call. +- Call to Boost.Lockless (NB: this is bundled with the library, not + an external dependency) to register the write request on a shared + lockless queue. The actual message formatting and writing is + performed asynchronously by a separate thread. |