Log() accepts string as log level

tj · tj · commit 9840b7556edc · 2010-09-25T18:07:59.000-07:00
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ Specifying a specific stream:
       , Log = require('log')
       , log = new Log(Log.DEBUG, fs.createWriteStream('my.log'));
 
+Instead of the log level constants, you may also supply a string:
+
+    var Log = require('log')
+      , log = new Log('warning');
+
 ## Log Levels
 
  Mirror that of syslog:
diff --git a/example.js b/example.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 var Log = require('./lib/log')
-  , log = new Log(Log.INFO);
+  , log = new Log('notice');
 
 log.debug('a debug message');
 log.info('a info message');
diff --git a/lib/log.js b/lib/log.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 var Log = exports = module.exports = function Log(level, stream){
+  if ('string' == typeof level) level = exports[level.toUpperCase()];
   this.level = level || exports.DEBUG;
   this.stream = stream || process.stdout;
 };
