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Additionally if a tool has any debugging turned on then print backtraces for error messages for that tool as well.

Using absl backtrace utilities under the guise of eventually having fewer boost dependencies, but willing to change.

Very annoyingly the death test for backtraces in critical fail if TCL is linked (I guess TCL isn't very fork friendly or something). So to work around that I split off decode into its own library since it was the only user of TCL. I also removed the OSTA dependency for utl.

After discussion I'll make it build for CMake and clean up a few things / make changes.

Additionally if a tool has any debugging turned on then print backtraces for
error messages for that tool as well.

Signed-off-by: Drew Lewis <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Drew Lewis <[email protected]>
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Hello @calewis, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request significantly improves the diagnostic capabilities of the logging system by integrating stack trace printing for critical errors and for standard errors when debugging is active. This change leverages absl utilities for backtrace generation, moving away from Boost dependencies. A key refactoring involved isolating the TCL-dependent decode functionality into a separate library to prevent conflicts with death tests, ensuring robust testing of the new backtrace features.

Highlights

  • Enhanced Debugging: Critical log messages now include a full stack trace, and error messages will also include stack traces if debugging is enabled for the specific tool.
  • Dependency Shift: Transitioned from boost.stacktrace to absl backtrace utilities for stack trace generation, aligning with a goal to reduce Boost dependencies.
  • Library Refactoring: The utl library's decode component, which depends on TCL, has been extracted into its own decode library. This resolves issues with death tests failing when TCL was linked.
  • New Test Coverage: Added dedicated unit tests (TestCriticalPrintsBacktrace and TestBackTraceOnDebugError) to verify the correct functionality of backtrace printing for critical and debug-enabled error messages.
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This pull request successfully implements backtrace printing for critical messages, and for error messages when debugging is enabled, by leveraging the absl library. The refactoring of the utl library to isolate the TCL dependency is a clean and effective solution to the testing challenges you described. The new tests are comprehensive and validate the new functionality well. I've identified one high-severity bug in the error logging path that could lead to a runtime crash, and a couple of medium-severity suggestions to improve code quality and safety.

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clang-tidy made some suggestions

#include <gtest/gtest.h>

#include "spdlog/sinks/ostream_sink.h"
#include "utl/Logger.h"
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warning: included header ostream_sink.h is not used directly [misc-include-cleaner]

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#include "utl/Logger.h"
#include "utl/Logger.h"

// Initialize absl symbolizer just for this test
static bool stack_trace_init = []() {
// On Linux, this falls back to /proc/self/exe, may fail on other platforms
absl::InitializeSymbolizer(nullptr);
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warning: no header providing "absl::InitializeSymbolizer" is directly included [misc-include-cleaner]

src/utl/test/cpp/TestLoggerCriticalPrintsBackTrace.cpp:0:

- #include <gmock/gmock.h>
+ #include <absl/debugging/symbolize.h>
+ #include <gmock/gmock.h>

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