Refactored how logging works

Made it central reusable logic. No longer needs to be passed around, opened or closed.

Common/Common.vcxproj

@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="LX-Common.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\Console.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\dllmain.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="src\Logger.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\pch.cpp">
       <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>

Common/Common.vcxproj.filters

@@ -37,5 +37,11 @@
     <ClCompile Include="src\pch.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\Logger.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\Console.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

Common/LX-Common.h

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 	#define NOMINMAX
 	#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 	#include <Windows.h>
-
+	#undef NOMINMAX
+	#undef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 // Else alerts the user that their system is not supported //
 #else
 	#error "This code is only designed to work on windows"
@@ -22,6 +23,17 @@
 	#error "This code is only designed to work with Visual Studio"
 #endif // _MSC_VER
 
+// My commonly used macros //
+
+#define RETURN_IF(condition) if (condition) { return; }
+#define RETURN_V_IF(value, condition) if (condition) { return value; }
+
+#ifdef COMMON_EXPORTS
+	#define COMMON_API __declspec(dllexport)
+#else
+	#define COMMON_API __declspec(dllimport)
+#endif // COMMON_EXPORTS
+
 // Includes commonly used STD files //
 
 #include <unordered_map>

Common/inc/Console.h

@@ -1,41 +1,30 @@
 namespace LX
 {
+	// Enum of colors with their Win32 equivalent value //
 	enum class Color
 	{
-		BLACK = 0,
-		BLUE = 1,
-		GREEN = 2,
-		AQUA = 3,
-		RED = 4,
-		PURPLE = 5,
-		YELLOW = 6,
-		LIGHT_GRAY = 7,
-		LIGHT_BLUE = 9,
-		LIGHT_GREEN = 10,
-		LIGHT_AQUA = 11,
-		LIGHT_RED = 12,
-		LIGHT_PURPLE = 13,
-		LIGHT_YELLOW = 14,
-		WHITE = 15
+		BLACK =			0,
+		BLUE =			1,
+		GREEN =			2,
+		AQUA =			3,
+		RED =			4,
+		PURPLE =		5,
+		YELLOW =		6,
+		LIGHT_GRAY =	7,
+		LIGHT_BLUE =	9,
+		LIGHT_GREEN =	10,
+		LIGHT_AQUA =	11,
+		LIGHT_RED =		12,
+		LIGHT_PURPLE =	13,
+		LIGHT_YELLOW =	14,
+		WHITE =			15
 	};
 
-	inline void PrintStringAsColor(const std::string& str, Color c)
-	{
-		// Gets a handle to the console //
-		static HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
-
-		// Sets the color of the console to the desired color //
-		SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, (WORD)c);
-
-		// Outputs the text //
-		std::cout << str;
-
-		// Resets the color //
-		SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, (WORD)Color::LIGHT_GRAY);
-	}
+	// Prints a string to std::cout with a certain color using Win32 API //
+	extern "C" void COMMON_API PrintStringAsColor(const std::string& str, Color c);
 
 	// Util function for getting a line of the source at a given index (used for errors) //
-	inline std::string GetLineAtIndexOf(const std::string src, const std::streamsize index)
+	inline std::string GetLineAtIndexOf(const std::string& src, const std::streamsize index) // <- Has to be inline because of C++ types
 	{
 		// Finds the start of the line //
 		size_t start = src.rfind('\n', index);

Common/inc/Logger.h

@@ -1,23 +1,51 @@
 namespace LX
 {
-	template<typename... Args>
-	inline void SafeLog(std::ofstream* log, Args... args)
+	class COMMON_API Log
 	{
-		if (log != nullptr)
-		{
-			(*log << ... << args);
-			(*log << '\n');
-		}
-	}
+		public:
+			// This class should never be constructed //
+			Log() = delete;
 
-	inline void SafeFlush(std::ofstream* log)
-	{
-		if (log != nullptr)
-		{
-			log->flush();
-		}
-	}
+			enum class Format
+			{
+				AUTO,
+				NONE
+			};
 
-	// Gives a standard way to mark a change between different sections within the log output //
-	constexpr const char* LOG_BREAK = "\n-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\n";
+			template<Format format = Format::AUTO, typename... Args>
+			static void out(Args... args)
+			{
+				if constexpr (format == Format::AUTO)
+				{
+					((*s_LogFile << ... << args) << "\n");
+				}
+
+				else
+				{
+					(*s_LogFile << ... << args);
+				}
+			}
+
+			template<typename... Args>
+			static void LogNewSection(Args... args)
+			{
+				static const char* BREAK = "-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-";
+
+				*s_LogFile << '\n' << BREAK << '\n';
+				(*s_LogFile << ... << args);
+				*s_LogFile << '\n' << BREAK << '\n';
+			}
+
+		private:
+			// Allows ProcAttach to manage the log //
+			friend bool ProcAttach(HMODULE hModule);
+
+			// Initalises the log (Called by DllMain) //
+			static void Init();
+
+			// Closes the log (Called by DllMain) //
+			static void Close();
+
+			static std::ofstream* s_LogFile;
+	};
 }

Common/src/Console.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include <LX-Common.h>
+
+namespace LX
+{
+	void PrintStringAsColor(const std::string& str, Color c)
+	{
+		// Gets a handle to the console //
+		static HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+
+		// Sets the color of the console to the desired color //
+		SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, (WORD)c);
+
+		// Outputs the text //
+		std::cout << str;
+
+		// Resets the color //
+		SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, (WORD)Color::LIGHT_GRAY);
+	}
+}

Common/src/Logger.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <LX-Common.h>
+
+namespace LX
+{
+	// Allocates memory for the log file pointer //
+	std::ofstream* Log::s_LogFile = nullptr;
+
+	void Log::Init()
+	{
+		// The actual object holding the log file //
+		// Has to be done like this to stop MSVC complaining //
+		static std::ofstream actualLog;
+
+		// Opens the log file and assigns it to the log pointer //
+		actualLog.open("log");
+		s_LogFile = &actualLog;
+	}
+
+	void Log::Close()
+	{
+		// Flushes and closes the log //
+		// Yes I know closing automatically flushes but this function looked empty //
+		s_LogFile->flush();
+		s_LogFile->close();
+	}
+}

Common/src/dllmain.cpp

@@ -3,36 +3,38 @@
 
 namespace LX
 {
+    // All the different functions that can be called by the system //
+    // Currently all empty but here for easier future development   //
+
     using DllFunc = bool(HMODULE);
 
     static bool ProcAttach(HMODULE hModule)
     {
+        Log::Init(); // Initalises the log before the main process starts
+        return true;
     }
 
     static bool ProcDetach(HMODULE hModule)
     {
+        return true;
     }
 
-    static bool ThreadAttach(HMODULE hModule)
-    {
-    }
-
-    static bool ThreadDetach(HMODULE hModule)
-    {
-    }
+    static bool ThreadAttach(HMODULE hModule) { return true; }
+    static bool ThreadDetach(HMODULE hModule) { return true; }
 }
 
 BOOL __stdcall DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved)
 {
-    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
+    // All the functions that might be called with their relevant state //
+    static const std::unordered_map<DWORD, LX::DllFunc&> funcs =
     {
-        case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
-        case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
-        case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
-        case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
-            break;
-    }
+        { DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH, LX::ProcAttach    },
+        { DLL_PROCESS_DETACH, LX::ProcDetach    },
+        { DLL_THREAD_ATTACH , LX::ThreadAttach  },
+        { DLL_THREAD_DETACH , LX::ThreadDetach  }
+    };
 
-    return true;
+    // Returns the output of the relavant function //
+    return funcs.at(ul_reason_for_call)(hModule);
 }
 

IR-Generator/IR-Generator.vcxproj

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)bin\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>Parser.lib;Lexer.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>Parser.lib;Lexer.lib;Common.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)bin\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>Parser.lib;Lexer.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>Parser.lib;Lexer.lib;Common.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@
     <ClInclude Include="inc\Lexer.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="inc\Parser.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Common\Common.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{0abb03b7-e61a-4040-a512-fc05aa35b2a6}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>

IR-Generator/inc/Lexer.h

@@ -128,5 +128,5 @@ namespace LX
 	std::string ToString(Token::TokenType t);
 	
 	// Lexer function to take in a file and output a vector of tokens //
-	const std::vector<Token> LexicalAnalyze(const std::string& contents, const std::streamsize len, std::ofstream* log);
+	const std::vector<Token> LexicalAnalyze(const std::string& contents, const std::streamsize len);
 }

IR-Generator/inc/Parser.h

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace LX::AST
 		virtual llvm::Value* GenIR(InfoLLVM& LLVM) = 0;
 
 		// Function to log the node to a file //
-		virtual void Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth) = 0;
+		virtual void Log(unsigned depth) = 0;
 
 		// Function for generating C/C++ code (Currently not implemented) //
 		//virtual void GenC() = 0;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ namespace LX
 	};
 
 	// Turns the tokens of a file into it's abstract syntax tree equivalent //
-	FileAST TurnTokensIntoAbstractSyntaxTree(std::vector<Token>& tokens, std::ofstream* log);
+	FileAST TurnTokensIntoAbstractSyntaxTree(std::vector<Token>& tokens);
 
 	// Turns an abstract binary tree into LLVM intermediate representation //
 	void GenerateIR(FileAST& ast, const std::string& name, const std::filesystem::path& IRPath);

IR-Generator/src/Generator.cpp

@@ -33,20 +33,16 @@ namespace LX
 	}
 }
 
-extern "C" int __declspec(dllexport) GenIR(const char* a_inpPath, const char* a_outPath, const char* a_logPath)
+extern "C" int __declspec(dllexport) GenIR(const char* a_inpPath, const char* a_outPath)
 {
 	// Creates the file paths outside of the try-catch so they can be used in errors //
 	std::filesystem::path inpPath;
 	std::filesystem::path outPath;
-	std::filesystem::path logPath;
 
 	// Creates the contents string outside of the try-catch so they can be used in errors //
 	std::string contents;
 	LX::Token::source = &contents;
 
-	// Creates the log-file out of the try-catch so it can be closed propely if an error is thrown //
-	std::unique_ptr<std::ofstream> log = nullptr;
-
 	try
 	{
 		// Turns the file paths into the C++ type for handling them //
@@ -69,33 +65,22 @@ extern "C" int __declspec(dllexport) GenIR(const char* a_inpPath, const char* a_
 		LX::ThrowIf<LX::InvalidFilePath>(outFile.is_open() == false, "output file path", outPath);
 		outFile.close(); // Opened just to check we can
 
-		// Opens the log file (if there is one specified //
-		if (a_logPath != nullptr)
-		{
-			logPath = a_logPath;
-			log = std::make_unique<std::ofstream>(logPath);
-			LX::ThrowIf<LX::InvalidFilePath>(log->is_open() == false, "log file path", logPath);
-		}
-
 		// Prints the full paths to the console to let the user know compiling is being done //
 		std::cout << std::filesystem::absolute(inpPath) << " -> " << std::filesystem::absolute(outPath) << std::endl;
 
 		// Create tokens out of the input file //
 		LX::InvalidCharInSource::s_Source = &contents;
 		LX::InvalidCharInSource::s_SourceFile = &inpPath;
-		std::vector<LX::Token>tokens = LX::LexicalAnalyze(contents, len, log.get());
-		LX::SafeFlush(log.get());
+		std::vector<LX::Token>tokens = LX::LexicalAnalyze(contents, len);
 
 		// Turns the tokens into an AST //
 		LX::UnexpectedToken::s_Source = &contents;
 		LX::UnexpectedToken::s_SourceFile = &inpPath;
 
-		LX::FileAST AST = LX::TurnTokensIntoAbstractSyntaxTree(tokens, log.get());
-		LX::SafeFlush(log.get());
+		LX::FileAST AST = LX::TurnTokensIntoAbstractSyntaxTree(tokens);
 
 		// Turns the AST into LLVM IR //
 		LX::GenerateIR(AST, inpPath.filename().string(), outPath);
-		LX::SafeFlush(log.get());
 
 		// Returns success
 		return 0;
@@ -103,9 +88,8 @@ extern "C" int __declspec(dllexport) GenIR(const char* a_inpPath, const char* a_
 
 	catch(LX::RuntimeError& e)
 	{
-		// Closes the log to save everything outputted to it after logging the error //
-		LX::SafeLog(log.get(), LX::LOG_BREAK, "Error thrown of type: ", e.ErrorType(), LX::LOG_BREAK);
-		if (log != nullptr) { log->close(); }
+		// Logs the error. Does not need to close it as it is done after this function returns //
+		LX::Log::LogNewSection("Error thrown of type: ", e.ErrorType());
 
 		// Logs the errors type to the console if built as Debug //
 		#ifdef _DEBUG
@@ -122,8 +106,8 @@ extern "C" int __declspec(dllexport) GenIR(const char* a_inpPath, const char* a_
 	// Catches any std errors, there should be none //
 	catch (std::exception& e)
 	{
-		// Closes the log if it is open to get as much info as possible //
-		if (log != nullptr) { log->close(); }
+		// Logs the error. Does not need to close it as it is done after this function returns //
+		LX::Log::LogNewSection("std::exception thrown: ", e.what());
 
 		// Prints the std exception to the console //
 		// Any errors here are problems with the code //
@@ -134,24 +118,9 @@ extern "C" int __declspec(dllexport) GenIR(const char* a_inpPath, const char* a_
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	// Catches errors that i was too lazy to code //
-	catch (int)
-	{
-		// Closes the log if it is open to get as much info as possible //
-		if (log != nullptr) { log->close(); }
-
-		std::cout << "An placeholder error occured. Maybe use a language that wasn't coded by a lazy person.\n" << std::endl;
-
-		// Exit code -1 means an undefined error //
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	// Default catches any non-specified errors //
 	catch (...)
 	{
-		// Closes the log if it is open to get as much info as possible //
-		if (log != nullptr) { log->close(); }
-
 		// Exit code -1 means an undefined error //
 		return -1;
 	}

LX-Build/LX-API.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace LX_Build
         [LibraryImport ("Generator.dll", StringMarshalling = StringMarshalling.Custom,
             StringMarshallingCustomType = typeof(System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshalling.AnsiStringMarshaller))]
         [UnmanagedCallConv(CallConvs = new Type[] { typeof(System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CallConvCdecl) })]
-        public static partial int GenIR(string arg1, string arg2, string? arg3);
+        public static partial int GenIR(string arg1, string arg2);
 
         // Sets the directory to import the DLLs from //
         public static void Init()

LX-Build/Main.cs

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace LX_Build
             LX_API.Init();
 
             // Generates LLVM IR with the example files //
-            if (LX_API.GenIR("example/main.lx", "example/main.ll", "example/log") != 0)
+            if (LX_API.GenIR("example/main.lx", "example/main.ll") != 0)
             {
                 // Quits if the IR Generation fails //
                 // The C++ script handles all of the error message outputting //

LX-Compiler.sln

@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "LX-Build", "LX-Build\LX-Bui
 		{C88042E2-0E09-4383-93F8-C79F9EE1E897} = {C88042E2-0E09-4383-93F8-C79F9EE1E897}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
-Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Common", "Common", "{4AD62954-631A-4D0F-877E-E1C66E8CEC00}"
-EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Common", "Common\Common.vcxproj", "{0ABB03B7-E61A-4040-A512-FC05AA35B2A6}"
 EndProject
 Global
@@ -109,7 +107,6 @@ Global
 		{4E4019F5-12E0-4EE2-9658-A0DD3038EEDA} = {02EA681E-C7D8-13C7-8484-4AC65E1B71E8}
 		{D6EAFB31-4AFD-4989-9522-D6609AC4ED64} = {02EA681E-C7D8-13C7-8484-4AC65E1B71E8}
 		{C88042E2-0E09-4383-93F8-C79F9EE1E897} = {02EA681E-C7D8-13C7-8484-4AC65E1B71E8}
-		{0ABB03B7-E61A-4040-A512-FC05AA35B2A6} = {4AD62954-631A-4D0F-877E-E1C66E8CEC00}
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
 		SolutionGuid = {411AFEC9-4075-4FCC-B95A-9288BC822E90}

Lexer/src/Lexer.cpp

@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ namespace LX
 		}
 	}
 
-	const std::vector<Token> LX::LexicalAnalyze(const std::string& contents, std::streamsize len, std::ofstream* log)
+	const std::vector<Token> LX::LexicalAnalyze(const std::string& contents, std::streamsize len)
 	{
 		// Logs the start of the lexical analysis
-		SafeLog(log, LOG_BREAK, "Started lexing file", LOG_BREAK);
+		Log::LogNewSection("Lexing file");
 
 		// Allocates a large ammount of memory to hold the output //
 		// Will shrink the size later on to stop excess memory being allocated //
@@ -344,11 +344,9 @@ namespace LX
 
 			// Log dumps A LOT of info //
 
-			#ifdef LOG_EVERYTHING
-
-			SafeLog
+			Log::out
 			(
-				log, "Index: ", std::left, std::setw(3), info.index,
+				"Index: ", std::left, std::setw(3), info.index,
 				" Is Alpha: ", info.isAlpha,
 				" Is Numeric: ", info.isNumeric,
 				" In Comment: ", info.inComment,
@@ -360,8 +358,6 @@ namespace LX
 				" Current: {", PrintChar(current), "}"
 			);
 
-			#endif // LOG_EVERYTHING
-
 			// Updates trackers to their default state of a new character //
 
 			info.index++;
@@ -371,28 +367,22 @@ namespace LX
 			info.wasLastCharNumeric = info.isNumeric;
 		}
 
-		// Logs the tokens if logging is on //
-		if (log != nullptr)
+		Log::out("\n"); // Puts a space to clean up the log
+
+		for (auto& token : tokens)
 		{
-			#ifdef LOG_EVERYTHING
-			SafeLog(log, "\n"); // Puts a space when there is a lot in the log
-			#endif // LOG_EVERYTHING
-
-			for (auto& token : tokens)
-			{
-				SafeLog
-				(
-					log, std::left, 
-					"{ Line: ", std::setw(3), token.line, 
-					", Index: ", std::setw(3), token.index,
-					", Length: ", std::setw(2), token.length, " } ",
-					std::setw(30), ToStringNoFormat(token.type) + ":", "{", token.GetContents(), "}"
-				);
-			}
-
-			SafeLog(log, "\n END OF TOKENS");
+			Log::out
+			(
+				std::left,
+				"{ Line: ", std::setw(3), token.line,
+				", Index: ", std::setw(3), token.index,
+				", Length: ", std::setw(2), token.length, " } ",
+				std::setw(30), ToStringNoFormat(token.type) + ":", "{", token.GetContents(), "}"
+			);
 		}
 
+		Log::out("End of tokens");
+
 		// Shrinks the vector down to minimum size before returning to avoid excess memory being allocated
 		tokens.shrink_to_fit();
 		return tokens;

Parser/inc/AST.h

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace LX::AST
 			llvm::Value* GenIR(InfoLLVM& LLVM) override;
 
 			// Function to log the node to a file, will throw an error if called on this class //
-			void Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth) override;
+			void Log(unsigned depth) override;
 
 			// The nodes that are contained within this node //
 			std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Node>> nodes;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace LX::AST
 			llvm::Value* GenIR(InfoLLVM& LLVM) override;
 
 			// Function to log the node to a file //
-			void Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth) override;
+			void Log(unsigned depth) override;
 
 		private:
 			// The number it stores //
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace LX::AST
 			llvm::Value* GenIR(InfoLLVM& LLVM) override;
 
 			// Function to log the node to a file //
-			void Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth) override;
+			void Log(unsigned depth) override;
 
 		private:
 			// The sides of the operation //
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace LX::AST
 			llvm::Value* GenIR(InfoLLVM& LLVM) override;
 
 			// Function to log the node to a file //
-			void Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth) override;
+			void Log(unsigned depth) override;
 
 		private:
 			// What it is returning (can be null) //
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace LX::AST
 			llvm::Value* GenIR(InfoLLVM& LLVM) override;
 
 			// Function to log the node to a file //
-			void Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth) override;
+			void Log(unsigned depth) override;
 
 		private:
 			// Name of the variable //
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace LX::AST
 			llvm::Value* GenIR(InfoLLVM& LLVM) override;
 
 			// Function to log the node to a file //
-			void Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth) override;
+			void Log(unsigned depth) override;
 
 		private:
 			// Name of the variable //
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace LX::AST
 			llvm::Value* GenIR(InfoLLVM& LLVM) override;
 
 			// Function to log the node to a file //
-			void Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth) override;
+			void Log(unsigned depth) override;
 
 		private:
 			// The name of the variable //

Parser/src/AST-Loggers.cpp

@@ -4,61 +4,59 @@
 
 namespace LX::AST
 {
-	void MultiNode::Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth)
+	void MultiNode::Log(unsigned depth)
 	{
 		throw int(); // <- TODO: Make an error for this
 	}
 
-	void NumberLiteral::Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth)
+	void NumberLiteral::Log(unsigned depth)
 	{
-		(*log) << std::string(depth, '\t');
-		(*log) << "Number: " << m_Number << "\n";
+		Log::out(std::string(depth, '\t'), "Number: ", m_Number);
 	}
 
-	void Operation::Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth)
+	void Operation::Log(unsigned depth)
 	{
-		(*log) << std::string(depth, '\t');
-		(*log) << "Operation {" << ToString(m_Operand) << "}:\n";
-		(*log) << std::string(depth + 1, '\t') << "LHS:\n";
-		m_Lhs.get()->Log(log, depth + 2);
-		(*log) << std::string(depth + 1, '\t') << "RHS:\n";
-		m_Rhs.get()->Log(log, depth + 2);
+		Log::out(std::string(depth, '\t'), "Operation {", ToString(m_Operand), "}:");
+
+		Log::out(std::string(depth + 1, '\t'), "LHS:");
+		m_Lhs->Log(depth + 2);
+
+		Log::out(std::string(depth + 1, '\t'), "RHS:");
+		m_Rhs->Log(depth + 2);
 	}
 
-	void ReturnStatement::Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth)
+	void ReturnStatement::Log(unsigned depth)
 	{
-		(*log) << std::string(depth, '\t');
+		Log::out<Log::Format::NONE>(std::string(depth, '\t'), "Return");
 
-		if (m_Val == nullptr)
+		if (m_Val != nullptr)
 		{
-			(*log) << "Return\n";
+			Log::out(':');
+			m_Val->Log(depth + 1);
 		}
 
 		else
 		{
-			(*log) << "Return:\n";
-			m_Val->Log(log, depth + 1);
+			Log::out<Log::Format::NONE>('\n');
 		}
 	}
 
-	void VariableDeclaration::Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth)
+	void VariableDeclaration::Log(unsigned depth)
 	{
-		(*log) << std::string(depth, '\t');
-		(*log) << "Variable declaration: " << m_Name << "\n";
+		Log::out(std::string(depth, '\t'), "Variable declaration: ", m_Name);
 	}
 
-	void VariableAssignment::Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth)
+	void VariableAssignment::Log(unsigned depth)
 	{
-		(*log) << std::string(depth, '\t');
-		(*log) << "Variable assignment:\n";
-		(*log) << std::string(depth + 1, '\t') << "To: " << m_Name << "\n";
-		(*log) << std::string(depth + 1, '\t') << "Value:\n";
-		m_Value.get()->Log(log, depth + 2);
+		Log::out(std::string(depth, '\t'), "Variable assignment:");
+
+		Log::out(std::string(depth + 1, '\t'), "To: ", m_Name);
+		Log::out(std::string(depth + 1, '\t'), "Value:");
+		m_Value->Log(depth + 2);
 	}
 
-	void VariableAccess::Log(std::ofstream* log, unsigned depth)
+	void VariableAccess::Log(unsigned depth)
 	{
-		(*log) << std::string(depth, '\t');
-		(*log) << "Variable: " << m_Name << '\n';
+		Log::out(std::string(depth, '\t'), "Variable: ", m_Name);
 	}
 }

Parser/src/Parser.cpp

@@ -29,16 +29,13 @@ namespace LX
 	struct Parser
 	{
 		// Passes constructor args to members //
-		Parser(std::vector<Token>& _tokens, std::ofstream* _log)
-			: tokens(_tokens), log(_log), index(0), len(_tokens.size()), scopeDepth(0)
+		Parser(std::vector<Token>& _tokens)
+			: tokens(_tokens), index(0), len(_tokens.size()), scopeDepth(0)
 		{}
 
 		// Tokens created by the lexer //
 		std::vector<Token>& tokens;
 
-		// Log to output to (can be null) //
-		std::ofstream* log;
-
 		// Length of the the token vector //
 		const size_t len;
 
@@ -203,14 +200,14 @@ namespace LX
 	}
 
 	// Turns the tokens of a file into it's abstract syntax tree equivalent //
-	FileAST TurnTokensIntoAbstractSyntaxTree(std::vector<Token>& tokens, std::ofstream* log)
+	FileAST TurnTokensIntoAbstractSyntaxTree(std::vector<Token>& tokens)
 	{
 		// Logs the start of the parsing
-		SafeLog(log, LOG_BREAK, "Started parsing tokens", LOG_BREAK); 
+		Log::LogNewSection("Started parsing tokens"); 
 
 		// Creates the output storer and the parser //
 		FileAST output;
-		Parser p(tokens, log);
+		Parser p(tokens);
 
 		// Loops over the tokens and calls the correct parsing function //
 		// Which depends on their type and current state of the parser //
@@ -261,7 +258,7 @@ namespace LX
 							for (std::unique_ptr<AST::Node>& containedNode : ((AST::MultiNode*)node.get())->nodes)
 							{
 								// Logs the node to the log //
-								if (log != nullptr) { node->Log(log, 0); }
+								node->Log(0);
 
 								// Adds it to the vector //
 								func.body.push_back(std::move(containedNode));
@@ -272,7 +269,7 @@ namespace LX
 						else
 						{
 							// Logs the node to the log //
-							if (log != nullptr) { node->Log(log, 0); }
+							node->Log(0);
 
 							// Adds it to the vector //
 							func.body.push_back(std::move(node));
@@ -296,7 +293,7 @@ namespace LX
 
 		// Logs that AST has finished parsing //
 		// TODO: Make this output the AST in a human-readable form //
-		SafeLog(log, "AST length: ", output.functions[0].body.size());
+		Log::out("AST length: ", output.functions[0].body.size());
 
 		// Returns the output and shrinks all uneccesarry allocated memory
 		output.functions.shrink_to_fit();

README.md

@@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ This is my custom compiled language written in C++ based off of the LLVM toolcha
 - Errors
     - All simple errors (no members) use the same type
 - Logging
-    - Less templates
-    - Standard for formatting
-    - Choose what is logged
+    - Choose what is logged (if any)
 - Refactor
-    - Use dynamic linking for debug builds (faster build times)
-    - General clean up
+    - Parser needs folders
+    - Better .h files
 
 ### Stuff I want to do later (unordered)
 - I/O manager (Console, Files)