improve interop with other libs/stdlib

logging/funcs.go

@@ -1,9 +1,33 @@
 package logging
 
 import (
+	"log"
 	"os"
 )
 
+/*
+ToLog returns a stdlib *log.Logger from a logging.Logger. It simply wraps the (logging.Logger).ToLogger() methods.
+
+prio is an OR'd logPrio of the Priority* constants.
+*/
+func ToLog(l Logger, prio logPrio) (stdLibLog *log.Logger) {
+
+	stdLibLog = l.ToLogger(prio)
+
+	return
+}
+
+// ToRaw returns a *logWriter from a logging.Logger. It is an alternative to the (logging.Logger).ToRaw() methods.
+func ToRaw(l Logger, prio logPrio) (raw *logWriter) {
+
+	raw = &logWriter{
+		backend: l,
+		prio:    prio,
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
 // testOpen attempts to open a file for writing to test for suitability as a LogFile path.
 func testOpen(path string) (success bool, err error) {