Make zero value useful & add .IsZero()

logr.go

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ type Logger struct {
 // Enabled tests whether this Logger is enabled.  For example, commandline
 // flags might be used to set the logging verbosity and disable some info logs.
 func (l Logger) Enabled() bool {
-	return l.sink.Enabled(l.level)
+	return l.sink != nil && l.sink.Enabled(l.level)
 }
 
 // Info logs a non-error message with the given key/value pairs as context.
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ func (l Logger) Info(msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 // triggered this log line, if present. The err parameter is optional
 // and nil may be passed instead of an error instance.
 func (l Logger) Error(err error, msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
+	if l.sink == nil {
+		return
+	}
 	if withHelper, ok := l.sink.(CallStackHelperLogSink); ok {
 		withHelper.GetCallStackHelper()()
 	}
@@ -294,6 +297,9 @@ func (l Logger) V(level int) Logger {
 // WithValues returns a new Logger instance with additional key/value pairs.
 // See Info for documentation on how key/value pairs work.
 func (l Logger) WithValues(keysAndValues ...interface{}) Logger {
+	if l.sink == nil {
+		return l
+	}
 	l.setSink(l.sink.WithValues(keysAndValues...))
 	return l
 }
@@ -304,6 +310,9 @@ func (l Logger) WithValues(keysAndValues ...interface{}) Logger {
 // contain only letters, digits, and hyphens (see the package documentation for
 // more information).
 func (l Logger) WithName(name string) Logger {
+	if l.sink == nil {
+		return l
+	}
 	l.setSink(l.sink.WithName(name))
 	return l
 }
@@ -357,6 +366,11 @@ func (l Logger) WithCallStackHelper() (func(), Logger) {
 	return helper, l
 }
 
+// IsZero returns true if this logger is an uninitialized zero value
+func (l Logger) IsZero() bool {
+	return l.sink == nil
+}
+
 // contextKey is how we find Loggers in a context.Context.
 type contextKey struct{}
 

logr_test.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package logr
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
@@ -400,3 +401,42 @@ func TestContext(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected output to be the same as input, got in=%p, out=%p", sink, p)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIsZero(t *testing.T) {
+	var l Logger
+	if !l.IsZero() {
+		t.Errorf("expected IsZero")
+	}
+	sink := &testLogSink{}
+	l = New(sink)
+	if l.IsZero() {
+		t.Errorf("expected not IsZero")
+	}
+	// Discard is not considered a zero unset logger, but an intentional choice
+	// to ignore messages that should not be overridden by a component.
+	l = Discard()
+	if l.IsZero() {
+		t.Errorf("expected not IsZero")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestZeroValue(t *testing.T) {
+	// Make sure that the zero value is useful and equivalent to a Discard logger.
+	var l Logger
+	if l.Enabled() {
+		t.Errorf("expected not Enabled")
+	}
+	if !l.IsZero() {
+		t.Errorf("expected IsZero")
+	}
+	// Make sure that none of these methods cause a crash
+	l.Info("foo")
+	l.Error(errors.New("bar"), "some error")
+	if l.GetSink() != nil {
+		t.Errorf("expected nil from GetSink")
+	}
+	l2 := l.WithName("some-name").V(2).WithValues("foo", 1).WithCallDepth(1)
+	l2.Info("foo")
+	l2.Error(errors.New("bar"), "some error")
+	_, _ = l.WithCallStackHelper()
+}