Log::Dispatch::File doesn't respect "mode" values that contain I/O layers for example ">>:encoding(utf8)"

[cmanley]

See title. The problem is in sub new where it validates the mode. The validation doesn't take IO layers into account and defaults to '>>'. It'll also default to '>>' if close_after_write is true. Also side note: beware of using binmode with some IO layers such as gzip: that'll mess the output up.

[autarch]

Thanks for the report, but this works as documented. The allowed values for mode are write, >, append, or >>. There's a separate binmode param you can pass to the constructor which lets you set IO layers.

[cmanley]

Thanks. I wasn't aware of the layer option to binmode().