[Catalyst] C::C::FormBuilder debug noise...

[RA Jones]

Marcello Romani wrote:
> Hi all,
>    I have a problem with Catalyst::Controller::FormBuilder.
> It prints way too much debug information, filling up my consolle's 
> screen buffer :-)
> 
> If I turn off Catalyst debgging by omitting the -Debug option the debug 
> messages disappear, but so do the Catalyst ones, which I instead want to 
> keep.
> 
> CGI::FormBuilder docs say it has four debug levels (0,1,2,3), C::P::FB 
> says it sets the debug parameter to match Catalyst's debug setting.
> 
> I have tried various methods to set debug=0 in FB, but to no avail:
> 
> MyApp->config->{'Controller::FormBuilder'}->{debug}=0;
> 
> but then looking at the C::C::FormBuilder code I didn't see any 
> reference to the debug flag.
> I also tried to modify the code, adding a debug => 0 line in 
> $self->_fb_setup, but it didn't nothing. I'm not sure I fully understand 
> how that code works anyway :-)
> 
> I even tried to call ->debug as a class method on CGI::FB.
> 
> It would be nice to set CGI::FB debug level independently of the Cat one.
> 
> Anyone has ideas ?

Set debug level in your CCF config settings:

__PACKAGE__->config(
   'Controller::FormBuilder' => {
     new => {
       debug => 0, # or 1, 2, etc
       # other settings eg stash_name
     }
);

Setting debug to zero still generates some useful error messages. Works 
for me!
-- 
Richard Jones
Leeds, UK