module logging

use, intrinsic :: iso_fortran_env, only: int32, int64, real32, real64, stderr=>error_unit

implicit none (type, external)

private

public :: logger

contains

subroutine logger(val, filename)

!! polymorphic logging to text file, appending new values line by line.

!! logs to disk, auto-creating filename if not given

class(*), intent(in) :: val

character(*), intent(in), optional :: filename

character (:), allocatable :: logfn

integer :: u

if(present(filename)) then

logfn = trim(filename)

else

logfn = 'debug.log'

endif

open(newunit=u, file=logfn, status='unknown', form='formatted', access='stream', &

position='append')

select type (val)

type is (character(*))

write(u,'(A)') val

type is (real(real32))

write(u,'(F0.7)') val

type is (real(real64))

write(u,'(F0.15)') val

type is (integer(int32))

write(u,'(I0)') val

type is (integer(int64))

write(u,'(I0)') val

type is (logical)

write(u,'(L1)') val

class default

write(stderr, *) 'logging error: could not log unknown type/kind' ! can't use val here

end select

close(u)

end subroutine logger

end module logging