When to use Logger or :error_logger

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Hi,

A simple question today. Is there any reason why some Elixir libraries like GenStage directly use :error_logger.error_msg instead of Logger.error?

What are the general guidelines on what to use, in the context of writing a library vs. writing an application?

Thank you

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GenStage used :error_logger so it looks like GenServer and other behaviours written in Erlang/OTP. Unless you are writing a low-level abstraction that should behave like a GenServer, then always use Logger. Even :error_logger itself is deprecated and we will have to update GenStage source at some point.

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Ok, thank you @josevalim for the clarification. If I were to write a low-level abstraction, what should I use then. Have you already decided what you will use for GenStage? Maybe the “new” Erlang :logger?

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Yup, it would be the new Erlang :logger.

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