Expose constructed void logger to minimize boilerplate for consumers

Author: Naatan

helpers.go

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-type VoidLogger struct{}
+type voidLogger struct{}
 
-func (v VoidLogger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) { return len(p), nil }
+func (v voidLogger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) { return len(p), nil }
 
 var neverGonnaHappen = time.Hour * 24 * 365 * 100
 

helpers_test.go

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func newTermTest(t *testing.T, cmd *exec.Cmd, logging bool, opts ...SetOpt) *Ter
 	tt, err := New(cmd, append(opts, func(o *Opts) error {
 		o = newTestOpts(o, t)
 		if !logging {
-			o.Logger = log.New(VoidLogger{}, "TermTest: ", log.LstdFlags)
+			o.Logger = VoidLogger
 		}
 		return nil
 	}, OptTestErrorHandler(t))...)

termtest.go

@@ -43,14 +43,16 @@ var TimeoutError = errors.New("timeout")
 
 var VerboseLogger = log.New(os.Stderr, "TermTest: ", log.LstdFlags|log.Lshortfile)
 
+var VoidLogger = log.New(voidLogger{}, "", 0)
+
 type SetOpt func(o *Opts) error
 
 const DefaultCols = 140
 const DefaultRows = 10
 
 func NewOpts() *Opts {
 	return &Opts{
-		Logger: log.New(VoidLogger{}, "TermTest: ", log.LstdFlags|log.Lshortfile),
+		Logger: VoidLogger,
 		ExpectErrorHandler: func(_ *TermTest, err error) error {
 			panic(err)
 		},