Bump CI Go matrix minimum from 1.21 to 1.23

go.mod requires go >= 1.23 and the codebase uses Go 1.22+ features
(log/slog, range-over-integer), so Go 1.21 CI jobs cannot pass.

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+  - package-ecosystem: gomod
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+on: [push, pull_request]
+name: Test
+jobs:
+  test:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        go-version: [1.23.x, 1.24.x]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Install Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+      with:
+        go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/cache@v5
+      with:
+        path: ~/go/pkg/mod
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-go-
+    - name: Test
+      run: go test -race -bench . -benchmem ./...
+    - name: Test CBOR
+      run: go test -tags binary_log -race ./...
+  coverage:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Update coverage report
+      uses: ncruces/go-coverage-report@main
+      with:
+        report: 'true'
+        chart: 'true'
+        amend: 'true'
+      continue-on-error: true

.gitignore

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # Folders
 _obj
 _test
+tmp
 
 # Architecture specific extensions/prefixes
 *.[568vq]
@@ -22,3 +23,5 @@ _testmain.go
 *.exe
 *.test
 *.prof
+
+coverage.out

.travis.yml

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-language: go
-go:
-- "1.7"
-- "1.8"
-- "1.9"
-- "1.10"
-- "master"
-matrix:
-  allow_failures:
-      - go: "master"
-script:
-  - go test -v -race -cpu=1,2,4 -bench . -benchmem ./...
-  - go test -v -tags binary_log -race -cpu=1,2,4 -bench . -benchmem ./...

CNAME

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-zerolog.io

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Contributing to Zerolog
+
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to **Zerolog**!
+
+Zerolog is a **feature-complete**, high-performance logging library designed to be **lean** and **non-bloated**. The focus of ongoing development is on **bug fixes**, **performance improvements**, and **modernization efforts** (such as keeping up with Go best practices and compatibility with newer Go versions).
+
+## What We're Looking For
+
+We welcome contributions in the following areas:
+
+- **Bug Fixes**: If you find an issue or unexpected behavior, please open an issue and/or submit a fix.
+- **Performance Optimizations**: Improvements that reduce memory usage, allocation count, or CPU cycles without introducing complexity are appreciated.
+- **Modernization**: Compatibility updates for newer Go versions or idiomatic improvements that do not increase library size or complexity.
+- **Documentation Enhancements**: Corrections, clarifications, and improvements to documentation or code comments.
+
+## What We're *Not* Looking For
+
+Zerolog is intended to remain **minimalistic and efficient**. Therefore, we are **not accepting**:
+
+- New features that add optional behaviors or extend API surface area.
+- Built-in support for frameworks or external systems (e.g., bindings, integrations).
+- General-purpose abstractions or configuration helpers.
+
+If you're unsure whether a change aligns with the project's philosophy, feel free to open an issue for discussion before submitting a PR.
+
+## Contributing Guidelines
+
+1. **Fork the repository**
+2. **Create a branch** for your fix or improvement
+3. **Write tests** to cover your changes
+4. Ensure `go test ./...` passes
+5. Run `go fmt` and `go vet` to ensure code consistency
+6. **Submit a pull request** with a clear explanation of the motivation and impact
+
+## Code Style
+
+- Keep the code simple, efficient, and idiomatic.
+- Avoid introducing new dependencies.
+- Preserve backwards compatibility unless explicitly discussed.
+
+---
+
+We appreciate your effort in helping us keep Zerolog fast, minimal, and reliable!

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Zero Allocation JSON Logger
 
-[![godoc](http://img.shields.io/badge/godoc-reference-blue.svg?style=flat)](https://godoc.org/github.com/rs/zerolog) [![license](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-red.svg?style=flat)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rs/zerolog/master/LICENSE) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/rs/zerolog.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/rs/zerolog) [![Coverage](http://gocover.io/_badge/github.com/rs/zerolog)](http://gocover.io/github.com/rs/zerolog)
+[![godoc](http://img.shields.io/badge/godoc-reference-blue.svg?style=flat)](https://godoc.org/github.com/rs/zerolog) [![license](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-red.svg?style=flat)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rs/zerolog/master/LICENSE) [![Build Status](https://github.com/rs/zerolog/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/rs/zerolog/actions/workflows/test.yml) [![Go Coverage](https://github.com/rs/zerolog/wiki/coverage.svg)](https://raw.githack.com/wiki/rs/zerolog/coverage.html)
 
 The zerolog package provides a fast and simple logger dedicated to JSON output.
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Zerolog's API is designed to provide both a great developer experience and stunn
 
 Uber's [zap](https://godoc.org/go.uber.org/zap) library pioneered this approach. Zerolog is taking this concept to the next level with a simpler to use API and even better performance.
 
-To keep the code base and the API simple, zerolog focuses on efficient structured logging only. Pretty logging on the console is made possible using the provided (but inefficient) `zerolog.ConsoleWriter`.
+To keep the code base and the API simple, zerolog focuses on efficient structured logging only. Pretty logging on the console is made possible using the provided (but inefficient) [`zerolog.ConsoleWriter`](#pretty-logging).
 
 ![Pretty Logging Image](pretty.png)
 
@@ -18,20 +18,22 @@ Find out [who uses zerolog](https://github.com/rs/zerolog/wiki/Who-uses-zerolog)
 
 ## Features
 
-* Blazing fast
-* Low to zero allocation
-* Level logging
-* Sampling
-* Hooks
-* Contextual fields
-* `context.Context` integration
-* `net/http` helpers
-* JSON and CBOR encoding formats
-* Pretty logging for development
+- [Blazing fast](#benchmarks)
+- [Low to zero allocation](#benchmarks)
+- [Leveled logging](#leveled-logging)
+- [Sampling](#log-sampling)
+- [Hooks](#hooks)
+- [Contextual fields](#contextual-logging)
+- [`context.Context` integration](#contextcontext-integration)
+- [Integration with `net/http`](#integration-with-nethttp)
+- [JSON and CBOR encoding formats](#binary-encoding)
+- [Pretty logging for development](#pretty-logging)
+- [Error Logging (with optional Stacktrace)](#error-logging)
+- [`log/slog` integration](#integration-with-logslog)
 
 ## Installation
 
-```go
+```bash
 go get -u github.com/rs/zerolog/log
 ```
 
@@ -51,17 +53,16 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
     // UNIX Time is faster and smaller than most timestamps
-    // If you set zerolog.TimeFieldFormat to an empty string,
-    // logs will write with UNIX time
-    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = ""
+    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
 
     log.Print("hello world")
 }
 
 // Output: {"time":1516134303,"level":"debug","message":"hello world"}
 ```
-> Note: By default log writes to `os.Stderr`  
-> Note: The default log level for `log.Print` is *debug*
+
+> Note: By default log writes to `os.Stderr`
+> Note: The default log level for `log.Print` is _trace_
 
 ### Contextual Logging
 
@@ -76,15 +77,20 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = ""
+    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
 
     log.Debug().
         Str("Scale", "833 cents").
         Float64("Interval", 833.09).
         Msg("Fibonacci is everywhere")
+
+    log.Debug().
+        Str("Name", "Tom").
+        Send()
 }
 
-// Output: {"time":1524104936,"level":"debug","Scale":"833 cents","Interval":833.09,"message":"Fibonacci is everywhere"}
+// Output: {"level":"debug","Scale":"833 cents","Interval":833.09,"time":1562212768,"message":"Fibonacci is everywhere"}
+// Output: {"level":"debug","Name":"Tom","time":1562212768}
 ```
 
 > You'll note in the above example that when adding contextual fields, the fields are strongly typed. You can find the full list of supported fields [here](#standard-types)
@@ -102,7 +108,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = ""
+    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
 
     log.Info().Msg("hello world")
 }
@@ -114,14 +120,15 @@ func main() {
 
 **zerolog** allows for logging at the following levels (from highest to lowest):
 
-* panic (`zerolog.PanicLevel`, 5)
-* fatal (`zerolog.FatalLevel`, 4)
-* error (`zerolog.ErrorLevel`, 3)
-* warn (`zerolog.WarnLevel`, 2)
-* info (`zerolog.InfoLevel`, 1)
-* debug (`zerolog.DebugLevel`, 0)
+- panic (`zerolog.PanicLevel`, 5)
+- fatal (`zerolog.FatalLevel`, 4)
+- error (`zerolog.ErrorLevel`, 3)
+- warn (`zerolog.WarnLevel`, 2)
+- info (`zerolog.InfoLevel`, 1)
+- debug (`zerolog.DebugLevel`, 0)
+- trace (`zerolog.TraceLevel`, -1)
 
-You can set the Global logging level to any of these options using the `SetGlobalLevel` function in the zerolog package, passing in one of the given constants above, e.g. `zerolog.InfoLevel` would be the "info" level.  Whichever level is chosen, all logs with a level greater than or equal to that level will be written. To turn off logging entirely, pass the `zerolog.Disabled` constant.
+You can set the Global logging level to any of these options using the `SetGlobalLevel` function in the zerolog package, passing in one of the given constants above, e.g. `zerolog.InfoLevel` would be the "info" level. Whichever level is chosen, all logs with a level greater than or equal to that level will be written. To turn off logging entirely, pass the `zerolog.Disabled` constant.
 
 #### Setting Global Log Level
 
@@ -138,7 +145,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = ""
+    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
     debug := flag.Bool("debug", false, "sets log level to debug")
 
     flag.Parse()
@@ -189,7 +196,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = ""
+    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
 
     log.Log().
         Str("foo", "bar").
@@ -199,6 +206,80 @@ func main() {
 // Output: {"time":1494567715,"foo":"bar"}
 ```
 
+### Error Logging
+
+You can log errors using the `Err` method
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+    "errors"
+
+    "github.com/rs/zerolog"
+    "github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+)
+
+func main() {
+    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
+
+    err := errors.New("seems we have an error here")
+    log.Error().Err(err).Msg("")
+}
+
+// Output: {"level":"error","error":"seems we have an error here","time":1609085256}
+```
+
+> The default field name for errors is `error`, you can change this by setting `zerolog.ErrorFieldName` to meet your needs.
+
+#### Error Logging with Stacktrace
+
+Using `github.com/pkg/errors`, you can add a formatted stacktrace to your errors.
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+    "github.com/pkg/errors"
+    "github.com/rs/zerolog/pkgerrors"
+
+    "github.com/rs/zerolog"
+    "github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+)
+
+func main() {
+    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
+    zerolog.ErrorStackMarshaler = pkgerrors.MarshalStack
+
+    err := outer()
+    log.Error().Stack().Err(err).Msg("")
+}
+
+func inner() error {
+    return errors.New("seems we have an error here")
+}
+
+func middle() error {
+    err := inner()
+    if err != nil {
+        return err
+    }
+    return nil
+}
+
+func outer() error {
+    err := middle()
+    if err != nil {
+        return err
+    }
+    return nil
+}
+
+// Output: {"level":"error","stack":[{"func":"inner","line":"20","source":"errors.go"},{"func":"middle","line":"24","source":"errors.go"},{"func":"outer","line":"32","source":"errors.go"},{"func":"main","line":"15","source":"errors.go"},{"func":"main","line":"204","source":"proc.go"},{"func":"goexit","line":"1374","source":"asm_amd64.s"}],"error":"seems we have an error here","time":1609086683}
+```
+
+> zerolog.ErrorStackMarshaler must be set in order for the stack to output anything.
+
 #### Logging Fatal Messages
 
 ```go
@@ -215,7 +296,7 @@ func main() {
     err := errors.New("A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations")
     service := "myservice"
 
-    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = ""
+    zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
 
     log.Fatal().
         Err(err).
@@ -252,14 +333,69 @@ sublogger.Info().Msg("hello world")
 
 ### Pretty logging
 
+To log a human-friendly, colorized output, use `zerolog.ConsoleWriter`:
+
 ```go
-if isConsole {
-    log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr})
-}
+log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr})
 
 log.Info().Str("foo", "bar").Msg("Hello world")
 
-// Output: 1494567715 |INFO| Hello world foo=bar
+// Output: 3:04PM INF Hello World foo=bar
+```
+
+To customize the configuration and formatting:
+
+```go
+output := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stdout, TimeFormat: time.RFC3339}
+output.FormatLevel = func(i interface{}) string {
+    return strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("| %-6s|", i))
+}
+output.FormatMessage = func(i interface{}) string {
+    return fmt.Sprintf("***%s****", i)
+}
+output.FormatFieldName = func(i interface{}) string {
+    return fmt.Sprintf("%s:", i)
+}
+output.FormatFieldValue = func(i interface{}) string {
+    return strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("%s", i))
+}
+
+log := zerolog.New(output).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+
+log.Info().Str("foo", "bar").Msg("Hello World")
+
+// Output: 2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00 | INFO  | ***Hello World**** foo:BAR
+```
+
+To use custom advanced formatting:
+
+```go
+output := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stdout, NoColor: true,
+    PartsOrder:    []string{"level", "one", "two", "three", "message"},
+    FieldsExclude: []string{"one", "two", "three"}}
+output.FormatLevel = func(i interface{}) string { return strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("%-6s", i)) }
+output.FormatFieldName = func(i interface{}) string { return fmt.Sprintf("%s:", i) }
+output.FormatPartValueByName = func(i interface{}, s string) string {
+    var ret string
+    switch s {
+    case "one":
+        ret = strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("%s", i))
+    case "two":
+        ret = strings.ToLower(fmt.Sprintf("%s", i))
+    case "three":
+        ret = strings.ToLower(fmt.Sprintf("(%s)", i))
+    }
+    return ret
+}
+log := zerolog.New(output)
+
+log.Info().Str("foo", "bar").
+    Str("two", "TEST_TWO").
+    Str("one", "test_one").
+    Str("three", "test_three").
+    Msg("Hello World")
+
+// Output: INFO   TEST_ONE test_two (test_three) Hello World foo:bar
 ```
 
 ### Sub dictionary
@@ -295,6 +431,8 @@ log.Logger = log.With().Str("foo", "bar").Logger()
 
 ### Add file and line number to log
 
+Equivalent of `Llongfile`:
+
 ```go
 log.Logger = log.With().Caller().Logger()
 log.Info().Msg("hello world")
@@ -302,16 +440,27 @@ log.Info().Msg("hello world")
 // Output: {"level": "info", "message": "hello world", "caller": "/go/src/your_project/some_file:21"}
 ```
 
+Equivalent of `Lshortfile`:
+
+```go
+zerolog.CallerMarshalFunc = func(pc uintptr, file string, line int) string {
+    return filepath.Base(file) + ":" + strconv.Itoa(line)
+}
+log.Logger = log.With().Caller().Logger()
+log.Info().Msg("hello world")
+
+// Output: {"level": "info", "message": "hello world", "caller": "some_file:21"}
+```
 
 ### Thread-safe, lock-free, non-blocking writer
 
-If your writer might be slow or not thread-safe and you need your log producers to never get slowed down by a slow writer, you can use a `diode.Writer` as follow:
+If your writer might be slow or not thread-safe and you need your log producers to never get slowed down by a slow writer, you can use a `diode.Writer` as follows:
 
 ```go
 wr := diode.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 1000, 10*time.Millisecond, func(missed int) {
-		fmt.Printf("Logger Dropped %d messages", missed)
-	})
-log := zerolog.New(w)
+        fmt.Printf("Logger Dropped %d messages", missed)
+    })
+log := zerolog.New(wr)
 log.Print("test")
 ```
 
@@ -386,6 +535,58 @@ stdlog.Print("hello world")
 // Output: {"foo":"bar","message":"hello world"}
 ```
 
+### context.Context integration
+
+Go contexts are commonly passed throughout Go code, and this can help you pass
+your Logger into places it might otherwise be hard to inject. The `Logger`
+instance may be attached to Go context (`context.Context`) using
+`Logger.WithContext(ctx)` and extracted from it using `zerolog.Ctx(ctx)`.
+For example:
+
+```go
+func f() {
+    logger := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
+    ctx := context.Background()
+
+    // Attach the Logger to the context.Context
+    ctx = logger.WithContext(ctx)
+    someFunc(ctx)
+}
+
+func someFunc(ctx context.Context) {
+    // Get Logger from the go Context. if it's nil, then
+    // `zerolog.DefaultContextLogger` is returned, if
+    // `DefaultContextLogger` is nil, then a disabled logger is returned.
+    logger := zerolog.Ctx(ctx)
+    logger.Info().Msg("Hello")
+}
+```
+
+A second form of `context.Context` integration allows you to pass the current
+`context.Context` into the logged event, and retrieve it from hooks. This can be
+useful to log trace and span IDs or other information stored in the go context,
+and facilitates the unification of logging and tracing in some systems:
+
+```go
+type TracingHook struct{}
+
+func (h TracingHook) Run(e *zerolog.Event, level zerolog.Level, msg string) {
+    ctx := e.GetCtx()
+    spanId := getSpanIdFromContext(ctx) // as per your tracing framework
+    e.Str("span-id", spanId)
+}
+
+func f() {
+    // Setup the logger
+    logger := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
+    logger = logger.Hook(TracingHook{})
+
+    ctx := context.Background()
+    // Use the Ctx function to make the context available to the hook
+    logger.Info().Ctx(ctx).Msg("Hello")
+}
+```
+
 ### Integration with `net/http`
 
 The `github.com/rs/zerolog/hlog` package provides some helpers to integrate zerolog with `http.Handler`.
@@ -405,11 +606,11 @@ c := alice.New()
 c = c.Append(hlog.NewHandler(log))
 
 // Install some provided extra handler to set some request's context fields.
-// Thanks to those handler, all our logs will come with some pre-populated fields.
+// Thanks to that handler, all our logs will come with some prepopulated fields.
 c = c.Append(hlog.AccessHandler(func(r *http.Request, status, size int, duration time.Duration) {
     hlog.FromRequest(r).Info().
         Str("method", r.Method).
-        Str("url", r.URL.String()).
+        Stringer("url", r.URL).
         Int("status", status).
         Int("size", size).
         Dur("duration", duration).
@@ -439,62 +640,121 @@ if err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil); err != nil {
 }
 ```
 
+## Multiple Log Output
+
+`zerolog.MultiLevelWriter` may be used to send the log message to multiple outputs.
+
+In this example, we send the log message to both `os.Stdout` and the in-built `ConsoleWriter`.
+
+```go
+func main() {
+    consoleWriter := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stdout}
+    multi := zerolog.MultiLevelWriter(consoleWriter, os.Stdout)
+    logger := zerolog.New(multi).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+    logger.Info().Msg("Hello World!")
+}
+
+// Output (Line 1: Console; Line 2: Stdout)
+// 12:36PM INF Hello World!
+// {"level":"info","time":"2019-11-07T12:36:38+03:00","message":"Hello World!"}
+```
+
 ## Global Settings
 
-Some settings can be changed and will by applied to all loggers:
+Some settings can be changed and will be applied to all loggers:
 
-* `log.Logger`: You can set this value to customize the global logger (the one used by package level methods).
-* `zerolog.SetGlobalLevel`: Can raise the minimum level of all loggers. Set this to `zerolog.Disabled` to disable logging altogether (quiet mode).
-* `zerolog.DisableSampling`: If argument is `true`, all sampled loggers will stop sampling and issue 100% of their log events.
-* `zerolog.TimestampFieldName`: Can be set to customize `Timestamp` field name.
-* `zerolog.LevelFieldName`: Can be set to customize level field name.
-* `zerolog.MessageFieldName`: Can be set to customize message field name.
-* `zerolog.ErrorFieldName`: Can be set to customize `Err` field name.
-* `zerolog.TimeFieldFormat`: Can be set to customize `Time` field value formatting. If set with an empty string, times are formated as UNIX timestamp.
-    // DurationFieldUnit defines the unit for time.Duration type fields added
-    // using the Dur method.
-* `DurationFieldUnit`: Sets the unit of the fields added by `Dur` (default: `time.Millisecond`).
-* `DurationFieldInteger`: If set to true, `Dur` fields are formatted as integers instead of floats.
+- `log.Logger`: You can set this value to customize the global logger (the one used by package level methods).
+- `zerolog.SetGlobalLevel`: Can raise the minimum level of all loggers. Call this with `zerolog.Disabled` to disable logging altogether (quiet mode).
+- `zerolog.DisableSampling`: If argument is `true`, all sampled loggers will stop sampling and issue 100% of their log events.
+- `zerolog.TimestampFieldName`: Can be set to customize `Timestamp` field name.
+- `zerolog.LevelFieldName`: Can be set to customize level field name.
+- `zerolog.MessageFieldName`: Can be set to customize message field name.
+- `zerolog.ErrorFieldName`: Can be set to customize `Err` field name.
+- `zerolog.TimeFieldFormat`: Can be set to customize `Time` field value formatting. If set with `zerolog.TimeFormatUnix`, `zerolog.TimeFormatUnixMs` or `zerolog.TimeFormatUnixMicro`, times are formatted as UNIX timestamp.
+- `zerolog.DurationFieldUnit`: Can be set to customize the unit for time.Duration type fields added by `Dur` (default: `time.Millisecond`).
+- `zerolog.DurationFieldFormat`: Can be set to `DurationFormatFloat`, `DurationFormatInt`, or `DurationFormatString` (default: `DurationFormatFloat`) to append the `Duration` as a `Float64`, `Int64`, or by calling `String()` (respectively).
+- `zerolog.DurationFieldInteger`: If set to `true`, `Dur` fields are formatted as integers instead of floats (default: `false`). Deprecated: Use `zerolog.DurationFieldFormat = DurationFormatInt` instead.
+- `zerolog.ErrorHandler`: Called whenever zerolog fails to write an event on its output. If not set, an error is printed on the stderr. This handler must be thread safe and non-blocking.
+- `zerolog.FloatingPointPrecision`: If set to a value other than -1, controls the number of digits when formatting float numbers in JSON. See [strconv.FormatFloat](https://pkg.go.dev/strconv#FormatFloat)
+  for more details.
 
 ## Field Types
 
 ### Standard Types
 
-* `Str`
-* `Bool`
-* `Int`, `Int8`, `Int16`, `Int32`, `Int64`
-* `Uint`, `Uint8`, `Uint16`, `Uint32`, `Uint64`
-* `Float32`, `Float64`
+- `Str`
+- `Bool`
+- `Int`, `Int8`, `Int16`, `Int32`, `Int64`
+- `Uint`, `Uint8`, `Uint16`, `Uint32`, `Uint64`
+- `Float32`, `Float64`
 
 ### Advanced Fields
 
-* `Err`: Takes an `error` and render it as a string using the `zerolog.ErrorFieldName` field name.
-* `Timestamp`: Insert a timestamp field with `zerolog.TimestampFieldName` field name and formatted using `zerolog.TimeFieldFormat`.
-* `Time`: Adds a field with the time formated with the `zerolog.TimeFieldFormat`.
-* `Dur`: Adds a field with a `time.Duration`.
-* `Dict`: Adds a sub-key/value as a field of the event.
-* `Interface`: Uses reflection to marshal the type.
+- `Err`: Takes an `error` and renders it as a string using the `zerolog.ErrorFieldName` field name.
+- `Func`: Run a `func` only if the level is enabled.
+- `Timestamp`: Inserts a timestamp field with `zerolog.TimestampFieldName` field name, formatted using `zerolog.TimeFieldFormat`.
+- `Time`: Adds a field with time formatted with `zerolog.TimeFieldFormat`.
+- `Dur`: Adds a field with `time.Duration`.
+- `Dict`: Adds a sub-key/value as a field of the event.
+- `RawJSON`: Adds a field with an already encoded JSON (`[]byte`)
+- `Hex`: Adds a field with value formatted as a hexadecimal string (`[]byte`)
+- `Interface`: Uses reflection to marshal the type.
+- `IPAddr`: Adds a field with `net.IP`.
+- `IPPrefix`: Adds a field with `net.IPNet`.
+- `MACAddr`: Adds a field with `net.HardwareAddr`
+
+Most fields are also available in the slice format (`Strs` for `[]string`, `Errs` for `[]error` etc.)
 
 ## Binary Encoding
 
-In addition to the default JSON encoding, `zerolog` can produce binary logs using [CBOR](http://cbor.io) encoding. The choice of encoding can be decided at compile time using the build tag `binary_log` as follows:
+In addition to the default JSON encoding, `zerolog` can produce binary logs using [CBOR](https://cbor.io) encoding. The choice of encoding can be decided at compile time using the build tag `binary_log` as follows:
 
 ```bash
 go build -tags binary_log .
 ```
 
-To Decode binary encoded log files you can use any CBOR decoder. One has been tested to work
+To decode binary encoded log files you can use any CBOR decoder. One has been tested to work
 with zerolog library is [CSD](https://github.com/toravir/csd/).
 
+## Integration with `log/slog`
+
+zerolog provides a `slog.Handler` implementation that routes `log/slog` records through a zerolog logger. This lets you use the standard library's `slog` API while keeping zerolog's performance and encoding:
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+    "log/slog"
+
+    "github.com/rs/zerolog"
+    "github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+)
+
+func main() {
+    zl := log.Logger
+    handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+    logger := slog.New(handler)
+
+    logger.Info("user logged in", "user", "alice", "role", "admin")
+}
+
+// Output: {"level":"info","user":"alice","role":"admin","time":"...","message":"user logged in"}
+```
+
+The handler supports all `slog` features including `WithAttrs`, `WithGroup`, nested groups, and `LogValuer` resolution. slog levels are mapped to zerolog levels (e.g. `slog.LevelDebug` to `zerolog.DebugLevel`).
+
 ## Related Projects
 
-* [grpc-zerolog](https://github.com/cheapRoc/grpc-zerolog): Implementation of `grpclog.LoggerV2` interface using `zerolog`
+- [grpc-zerolog](https://github.com/cheapRoc/grpc-zerolog): Implementation of `grpclog.LoggerV2` interface using `zerolog`
+- [overlog](https://github.com/Trendyol/overlog): Implementation of `Mapped Diagnostic Context` interface using `zerolog`
+- [zerologr](https://github.com/go-logr/zerologr): Implementation of `logr.LogSink` interface using `zerolog`
+- [logze](https://github.com/maxbolgarin/logze): Implementation of `log/slog` interface using `zerolog`
 
 ## Benchmarks
 
-See [logbench](http://hackemist.com/logbench/) for more comprehensive and up-to-date benchmarks.
+See [logbench](http://bench.zerolog.io/) for more comprehensive and up-to-date benchmarks.
 
-All operations are allocation free (those numbers *include* JSON encoding):
+All operations are allocation free (those numbers _include_ JSON encoding):
 
 ```text
 BenchmarkLogEmpty-8        100000000    19.1 ns/op     0 B/op       0 allocs/op
@@ -506,54 +766,56 @@ BenchmarkLogFields-8       10000000     184 ns/op      0 B/op       0 allocs/op
 
 There are a few Go logging benchmarks and comparisons that include zerolog.
 
-* [imkira/go-loggers-bench](https://github.com/imkira/go-loggers-bench)
-* [uber-common/zap](https://github.com/uber-go/zap#performance)
+- [imkira/go-loggers-bench](https://github.com/imkira/go-loggers-bench)
+- [uber-common/zap](https://github.com/uber-go/zap#performance)
 
 Using Uber's zap comparison benchmark:
 
 Log a message and 10 fields:
 
-| Library | Time | Bytes Allocated | Objects Allocated |
-| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: |
-| zerolog | 767 ns/op | 552 B/op | 6 allocs/op |
-| :zap: zap | 848 ns/op | 704 B/op | 2 allocs/op |
-| :zap: zap (sugared) | 1363 ns/op | 1610 B/op | 20 allocs/op |
-| go-kit | 3614 ns/op | 2895 B/op | 66 allocs/op |
-| lion | 5392 ns/op | 5807 B/op | 63 allocs/op |
-| logrus | 5661 ns/op | 6092 B/op | 78 allocs/op |
-| apex/log | 15332 ns/op | 3832 B/op | 65 allocs/op |
-| log15 | 20657 ns/op | 5632 B/op | 93 allocs/op |
+| Library             |    Time     | Bytes Allocated | Objects Allocated |
+| :------------------ | :---------: | :-------------: | :---------------: |
+| zerolog             |  767 ns/op  |    552 B/op     |    6 allocs/op    |
+| :zap: zap           |  848 ns/op  |    704 B/op     |    2 allocs/op    |
+| :zap: zap (sugared) | 1363 ns/op  |    1610 B/op    |   20 allocs/op    |
+| go-kit              | 3614 ns/op  |    2895 B/op    |   66 allocs/op    |
+| lion                | 5392 ns/op  |    5807 B/op    |   63 allocs/op    |
+| logrus              | 5661 ns/op  |    6092 B/op    |   78 allocs/op    |
+| apex/log            | 15332 ns/op |    3832 B/op    |   65 allocs/op    |
+| log15               | 20657 ns/op |    5632 B/op    |   93 allocs/op    |
 
 Log a message with a logger that already has 10 fields of context:
 
-| Library | Time | Bytes Allocated | Objects Allocated |
-| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: |
-| zerolog | 52 ns/op | 0 B/op | 0 allocs/op |
-| :zap: zap | 283 ns/op | 0 B/op | 0 allocs/op |
-| :zap: zap (sugared) | 337 ns/op | 80 B/op | 2 allocs/op |
-| lion | 2702 ns/op | 4074 B/op | 38 allocs/op |
-| go-kit | 3378 ns/op | 3046 B/op | 52 allocs/op |
-| logrus | 4309 ns/op | 4564 B/op | 63 allocs/op |
-| apex/log | 13456 ns/op | 2898 B/op | 51 allocs/op |
-| log15 | 14179 ns/op | 2642 B/op | 44 allocs/op |
+| Library             |    Time     | Bytes Allocated | Objects Allocated |
+| :------------------ | :---------: | :-------------: | :---------------: |
+| zerolog             |  52 ns/op   |     0 B/op      |    0 allocs/op    |
+| :zap: zap           |  283 ns/op  |     0 B/op      |    0 allocs/op    |
+| :zap: zap (sugared) |  337 ns/op  |     80 B/op     |    2 allocs/op    |
+| lion                | 2702 ns/op  |    4074 B/op    |   38 allocs/op    |
+| go-kit              | 3378 ns/op  |    3046 B/op    |   52 allocs/op    |
+| logrus              | 4309 ns/op  |    4564 B/op    |   63 allocs/op    |
+| apex/log            | 13456 ns/op |    2898 B/op    |   51 allocs/op    |
+| log15               | 14179 ns/op |    2642 B/op    |   44 allocs/op    |
 
 Log a static string, without any context or `printf`-style templating:
 
-| Library | Time | Bytes Allocated | Objects Allocated |
-| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: |
-| zerolog | 50 ns/op | 0 B/op | 0 allocs/op |
-| :zap: zap | 236 ns/op | 0 B/op | 0 allocs/op |
-| standard library | 453 ns/op | 80 B/op | 2 allocs/op |
-| :zap: zap (sugared) | 337 ns/op | 80 B/op | 2 allocs/op |
-| go-kit | 508 ns/op | 656 B/op | 13 allocs/op |
-| lion | 771 ns/op | 1224 B/op | 10 allocs/op |
-| logrus | 1244 ns/op | 1505 B/op | 27 allocs/op |
-| apex/log | 2751 ns/op | 584 B/op | 11 allocs/op |
-| log15 | 5181 ns/op | 1592 B/op | 26 allocs/op |
+| Library             |    Time    | Bytes Allocated | Objects Allocated |
+| :------------------ | :--------: | :-------------: | :---------------: |
+| zerolog             |  50 ns/op  |     0 B/op      |    0 allocs/op    |
+| :zap: zap           | 236 ns/op  |     0 B/op      |    0 allocs/op    |
+| standard library    | 453 ns/op  |     80 B/op     |    2 allocs/op    |
+| :zap: zap (sugared) | 337 ns/op  |     80 B/op     |    2 allocs/op    |
+| go-kit              | 508 ns/op  |    656 B/op     |   13 allocs/op    |
+| lion                | 771 ns/op  |    1224 B/op    |   10 allocs/op    |
+| logrus              | 1244 ns/op |    1505 B/op    |   27 allocs/op    |
+| apex/log            | 2751 ns/op |    584 B/op     |   11 allocs/op    |
+| log15               | 5181 ns/op |    1592 B/op    |   26 allocs/op    |
 
 ## Caveats
 
-Note that zerolog does de-duplication fields. Using the same key multiple times creates multiple keys in final JSON:
+### Field duplication
+
+Note that zerolog does no de-duplication of fields. Using the same key multiple times creates multiple keys in final JSON:
 
 ```go
 logger := zerolog.New(os.Stderr).With().Timestamp().Logger()
@@ -563,4 +825,34 @@ logger.Info().
 // Output: {"level":"info","time":1494567715,"time":1494567715,"message":"dup"}
 ```
 
-However, it’s not a big deal as JSON accepts dup keys; the last one prevails.
+In this case, many consumers will take the last value, but this is not guaranteed; check yours if in doubt.
+
+### Concurrency safety
+
+Be careful when calling `UpdateContext`. It is not concurrency safe. Use the `With()` method to create a child logger:
+
+```go
+func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+    // Create a child logger for concurrency safety
+    logger := log.Logger.With().Logger()
+
+    // Add context fields, for example User-Agent from HTTP headers
+    logger.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
+        ...
+    })
+}
+```
+
+The `Event` object returned from the `Logger` level-specific message functions (e.g. `Log()`, `Trace()`, `Debug()`, etc.)
+is allocated in `sync.Pool` memory that will be returned to the pool as soon as the `Msg()`, `Msgf()`, `Send()`,
+or `MsgFunc()` writes the message and **must not** be accessed afterwards.
+
+**Do not** hold a reference to the `*Event` while in callback functions or your own code. This is especially important in
+`Hook.Run()` and `HookFunc` functions or `MarshalZerologObject(e *Event)` callback (e.g. `LogObjectMarshaler` implementations).
+
+Any `Array` objects returned from `Context.CreateArray()` or `Event.CreateArray()` are from a `sync.Pool` so **do not** hold
+references to them from within any `MarshalZerologArray(a *Array)` callback (e.g. `LogArrayMarshaler` implementations) or your
+own code as they will be cleared and returned to the pool after being buffered by a call to `Context.Array()` or `Event.Array()`.
+
+Any _dictionary_ `Event` returned from `Context.CreateDict()` or `Event.CreateDict()` **must not** be referenced after being
+buffered by a call to `Array.Dict()`, `Context.Dict()`, or `Event.Dict()` as they will be cleared and returned to the pool.

_config.yml

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-remote_theme: rs/gh-readme

array.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package zerolog
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -17,10 +18,19 @@ var arrayPool = &sync.Pool{
 // Array is used to prepopulate an array of items
 // which can be re-used to add to log messages.
 type Array struct {
-	buf []byte
+	buf   []byte
+	stack bool            // enable error stack trace
+	ctx   context.Context // Optional Go context
+	ch    []Hook          // hooks
 }
 
 func putArray(a *Array) {
+	// prevent any subsequent use of the Array contextual state and truncate the buffer
+	a.stack = false
+	a.ctx = nil
+	a.ch = nil
+	a.buf = a.buf[:0]
+
 	// Proper usage of a sync.Pool requires each entry to have approximately
 	// the same memory cost. To obtain this property when the stored type
 	// contains a variably-sized buffer, we add a hard limit on the maximum buffer
@@ -28,28 +38,34 @@ func putArray(a *Array) {
 	//
 	// See https://golang.org/issue/23199
 	const maxSize = 1 << 16 // 64KiB
-	if cap(a.buf) > maxSize {
-		return
+	if cap(a.buf) <= maxSize {
+		arrayPool.Put(a)
 	}
-	arrayPool.Put(a)
 }
 
 // Arr creates an array to be added to an Event or Context.
+// WARNING: This function is deprecated because it does not preserve
+// the stack, hooks, and context from the parent event.
+// Deprecated: Use Event.CreateArray or Context.CreateArray instead.
 func Arr() *Array {
 	a := arrayPool.Get().(*Array)
 	a.buf = a.buf[:0]
+	a.stack = false
+	a.ctx = nil
+	a.ch = nil
 	return a
 }
 
 // MarshalZerologArray method here is no-op - since data is
 // already in the needed format.
 func (*Array) MarshalZerologArray(*Array) {
+	// untestable: there's no code to be covered
 }
 
 func (a *Array) write(dst []byte) []byte {
 	dst = enc.AppendArrayStart(dst)
 	if len(a.buf) > 0 {
-		dst = append(append(dst, a.buf...))
+		dst = append(dst, a.buf...)
 	}
 	dst = enc.AppendArrayEnd(dst)
 	putArray(a)
@@ -57,46 +73,47 @@ func (a *Array) write(dst []byte) []byte {
 }
 
 // Object marshals an object that implement the LogObjectMarshaler
-// interface and append append it to the array.
+// interface and appends it to the array.
 func (a *Array) Object(obj LogObjectMarshaler) *Array {
-	e := Dict()
-	obj.MarshalZerologObject(e)
-	e.buf = enc.AppendEndMarker(e.buf)
-	a.buf = append(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), e.buf...)
-	putEvent(e)
+	a.buf = appendObject(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), obj, a.stack, a.ctx, a.ch)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Str append append the val as a string to the array.
+// Str appends the val as a string to the array.
 func (a *Array) Str(val string) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendString(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), val)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Bytes append append the val as a string to the array.
+// Bytes appends the val as a string to the array.
 func (a *Array) Bytes(val []byte) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendBytes(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), val)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Hex append append the val as a hex string to the array.
+// Hex appends the val as a hex string to the array.
 func (a *Array) Hex(val []byte) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendHex(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), val)
 	return a
 }
 
+// RawJSON adds already encoded JSON to the array.
+func (a *Array) RawJSON(val []byte) *Array {
+	a.buf = appendJSON(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), val)
+	return a
+}
+
 // Err serializes and appends the err to the array.
 func (a *Array) Err(err error) *Array {
-	marshaled := ErrorMarshalFunc(err)
-	switch m := marshaled.(type) {
+	switch m := ErrorMarshalFunc(err).(type) {
+	case nil:
+		a.buf = enc.AppendNil(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf))
 	case LogObjectMarshaler:
-		e := newEvent(nil, 0)
-		e.buf = e.buf[:0]
-		e.appendObject(m)
-		a.buf = append(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), e.buf...)
-		putEvent(e)
+		a = a.Object(m)
 	case error:
-		a.buf = enc.AppendString(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), m.Error())
+		if !isNilValue(m) {
+			a.buf = enc.AppendString(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), m.Error())
+		}
 	case string:
 		a.buf = enc.AppendString(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), m)
 	default:
@@ -106,97 +123,118 @@ func (a *Array) Err(err error) *Array {
 	return a
 }
 
-// Bool append append the val as a bool to the array.
+// Errs serializes and appends errors to the array.
+func (a *Array) Errs(errs []error) *Array {
+	for _, err := range errs {
+		switch m := ErrorMarshalFunc(err).(type) {
+		case nil:
+			a = a.Interface(nil)
+		case LogObjectMarshaler:
+			a = a.Object(m)
+		case error:
+			if !isNilValue(m) {
+				a = a.Str(m.Error())
+			}
+		case string:
+			a = a.Str(m)
+		default:
+			a = a.Interface(m)
+		}
+	}
+	return a
+}
+
+// Bool appends the val as a bool to the array.
 func (a *Array) Bool(b bool) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendBool(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), b)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Int append append i as a int to the array.
+// Int appends i as a int to the array.
 func (a *Array) Int(i int) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendInt(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), i)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Int8 append append i as a int8 to the array.
+// Int8 appends i as a int8 to the array.
 func (a *Array) Int8(i int8) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendInt8(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), i)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Int16 append append i as a int16 to the array.
+// Int16 appends i as a int16 to the array.
 func (a *Array) Int16(i int16) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendInt16(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), i)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Int32 append append i as a int32 to the array.
+// Int32 appends i as a int32 to the array.
 func (a *Array) Int32(i int32) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendInt32(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), i)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Int64 append append i as a int64 to the array.
+// Int64 appends i as a int64 to the array.
 func (a *Array) Int64(i int64) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendInt64(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), i)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Uint append append i as a uint to the array.
+// Uint appends i as a uint to the array.
 func (a *Array) Uint(i uint) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendUint(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), i)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Uint8 append append i as a uint8 to the array.
+// Uint8 appends i as a uint8 to the array.
 func (a *Array) Uint8(i uint8) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendUint8(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), i)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Uint16 append append i as a uint16 to the array.
+// Uint16 appends i as a uint16 to the array.
 func (a *Array) Uint16(i uint16) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendUint16(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), i)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Uint32 append append i as a uint32 to the array.
+// Uint32 appends i as a uint32 to the array.
 func (a *Array) Uint32(i uint32) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendUint32(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), i)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Uint64 append append i as a uint64 to the array.
+// Uint64 appends i as a uint64 to the array.
 func (a *Array) Uint64(i uint64) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendUint64(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), i)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Float32 append append f as a float32 to the array.
+// Float32 appends f as a float32 to the array.
 func (a *Array) Float32(f float32) *Array {
-	a.buf = enc.AppendFloat32(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), f)
+	a.buf = enc.AppendFloat32(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), f, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Float64 append append f as a float64 to the array.
+// Float64 appends f as a float64 to the array.
 func (a *Array) Float64(f float64) *Array {
-	a.buf = enc.AppendFloat64(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), f)
+	a.buf = enc.AppendFloat64(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), f, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Time append append t formated as string using zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
+// Time appends t formatted as string using zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
 func (a *Array) Time(t time.Time) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendTime(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), t, TimeFieldFormat)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Dur append append d to the array.
+// Dur appends d to the array.
 func (a *Array) Dur(d time.Duration) *Array {
-	a.buf = enc.AppendDuration(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldInteger)
+	a.buf = enc.AppendDuration(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldFormat, DurationFieldInteger, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return a
 }
 
-// Interface append append i marshaled using reflection.
+// Interface appends i marshaled using reflection.
 func (a *Array) Interface(i interface{}) *Array {
 	if obj, ok := i.(LogObjectMarshaler); ok {
 		return a.Object(obj)
@@ -205,20 +243,34 @@ func (a *Array) Interface(i interface{}) *Array {
 	return a
 }
 
-// IPAddr adds IPv4 or IPv6 address to the array
+// IPAddr adds a net.IP IPv4 or IPv6 address to the array
 func (a *Array) IPAddr(ip net.IP) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendIPAddr(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), ip)
 	return a
 }
 
-// IPPrefix adds IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (IP + mask) to the array
+// IPPrefix adds a net.IPNet IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (IP + mask) to the array
 func (a *Array) IPPrefix(pfx net.IPNet) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendIPPrefix(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), pfx)
 	return a
 }
 
-// MACAddr adds a MAC (Ethernet) address to the array
+// MACAddr adds a net.HardwareAddr MAC (Ethernet) address to the array
 func (a *Array) MACAddr(ha net.HardwareAddr) *Array {
 	a.buf = enc.AppendMACAddr(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), ha)
 	return a
 }
+
+// Dict adds the dict Event to the array
+func (a *Array) Dict(dict *Event) *Array {
+	dict.buf = enc.AppendEndMarker(dict.buf)
+	a.buf = append(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), dict.buf...)
+	putEvent(dict)
+	return a
+}
+
+// Type adds the val's type using reflection to the array.
+func (a *Array) Type(val interface{}) *Array {
+	a.buf = enc.AppendType(enc.AppendArrayDelim(a.buf), val)
+	return a
+}

array_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package zerolog
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -24,11 +25,42 @@ func TestArray(t *testing.T) {
 		Str("a").
 		Bytes([]byte("b")).
 		Hex([]byte{0x1f}).
+		RawJSON([]byte(`{"some":"json"}`)).
+		RawJSON([]byte(`{"longer":[1111,2222,3333,4444,5555]}`)).
 		Time(time.Time{}).
 		IPAddr(net.IP{192, 168, 0, 10}).
-		Dur(0)
-	want := `[true,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11.98122,12.987654321,"a","b","1f","0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","192.168.0.10",0]`
+		IPPrefix(net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{127, 0, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(24, 32)}).
+		MACAddr(net.HardwareAddr{0x01, 0x23, 0x45, 0x67, 0x89, 0xab}).
+		Interface(struct {
+			Pub  string
+			Tag  string `json:"tag"`
+			priv int
+		}{"A", "j", -5}).
+		Interface(logObjectMarshalerImpl{
+			name: "ZOT",
+			age:  35,
+		}).
+		Dur(0).
+		Dict(Dict().
+			Str("bar", "baz").
+			Int("n", 1),
+		).
+		Err(nil).
+		Err(fmt.Errorf("failure")).
+		Err(loggableError{fmt.Errorf("oops")}).
+		Object(logObjectMarshalerImpl{
+			name: "ZIT",
+			age:  22,
+		}).
+		Type(3.14)
+
+	want := `[true,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11.98122,12.987654321,"a","b","1f",{"some":"json"},{"longer":[1111,2222,3333,4444,5555]},"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","192.168.0.10","127.0.0.0/24","01:23:45:67:89:ab",{"Pub":"A","tag":"j"},{"name":"zot","age":-35},0,{"bar":"baz","n":1},null,"failure",{"l":"OOPS"},{"name":"zit","age":-22},"float64"]`
 	if got := decodeObjectToStr(a.write([]byte{})); got != want {
 		t.Errorf("Array.write()\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s", got, want)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestArray_MarshalZerologArray(t *testing.T) {
+	a := Arr()
+	a.MarshalZerologArray(nil) // no-op method, should not panic
+}

benchmark_test.go

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package zerolog
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func BenchmarkLogEmpty(b *testing.B) {
-	logger := New(ioutil.Discard)
+	logger := New(io.Discard)
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
 		for pb.Next() {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func BenchmarkLogEmpty(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkDisabled(b *testing.B) {
-	logger := New(ioutil.Discard).Level(Disabled)
+	logger := New(io.Discard).Level(Disabled)
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
 		for pb.Next() {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func BenchmarkDisabled(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkInfo(b *testing.B) {
-	logger := New(ioutil.Discard)
+	logger := New(io.Discard)
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
 		for pb.Next() {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func BenchmarkInfo(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkContextFields(b *testing.B) {
-	logger := New(ioutil.Discard).With().
+	logger := New(io.Discard).With().
 		Str("string", "four!").
 		Time("time", time.Time{}).
 		Int("int", 123).
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func BenchmarkContextFields(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkContextAppend(b *testing.B) {
-	logger := New(ioutil.Discard).With().
+	logger := New(io.Discard).With().
 		Str("foo", "bar").
 		Logger()
 	b.ResetTimer()
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func BenchmarkContextAppend(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkLogFields(b *testing.B) {
-	logger := New(ioutil.Discard)
+	logger := New(io.Discard)
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
 		for pb.Next() {
@@ -84,23 +84,11 @@ func BenchmarkLogFields(b *testing.B) {
 	})
 }
 
-type obj struct {
-	Pub  string
-	Tag  string `json:"tag"`
-	priv int
-}
-
-func (o obj) MarshalZerologObject(e *Event) {
-	e.Str("Pub", o.Pub).
-		Str("Tag", o.Tag).
-		Int("priv", o.priv)
-}
-
 func BenchmarkLogArrayObject(b *testing.B) {
-	obj1 := obj{"a", "b", 2}
-	obj2 := obj{"c", "d", 3}
-	obj3 := obj{"e", "f", 4}
-	logger := New(ioutil.Discard)
+	obj1 := fixtureObj{"a", "b", 2}
+	obj2 := fixtureObj{"c", "d", 3}
+	obj3 := fixtureObj{"e", "f", 4}
+	logger := New(io.Discard)
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	b.ReportAllocs()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
@@ -113,112 +101,125 @@ func BenchmarkLogArrayObject(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkLogFieldType(b *testing.B) {
-	bools := []bool{true, false, true, false, true, false, true, false, true, false}
-	ints := []int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
-	floats := []float64{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
-	strings := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j"}
-	durations := []time.Duration{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
-	times := []time.Time{
-		time.Unix(0, 0),
-		time.Unix(1, 0),
-		time.Unix(2, 0),
-		time.Unix(3, 0),
-		time.Unix(4, 0),
-		time.Unix(5, 0),
-		time.Unix(6, 0),
-		time.Unix(7, 0),
-		time.Unix(8, 0),
-		time.Unix(9, 0),
-	}
-	interfaces := []struct {
-		Pub  string
-		Tag  string `json:"tag"`
-		priv int
-	}{
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-	}
-	objects := []obj{
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-	}
-	errs := []error{errors.New("a"), errors.New("b"), errors.New("c"), errors.New("d"), errors.New("e")}
+	fixtures := makeFieldFixtures()
 	types := map[string]func(e *Event) *Event{
+		"Any": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Any("k", fixtures.Interfaces[0])
+		},
 		"Bool": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Bool("k", bools[0])
+			return e.Bool("k", fixtures.Bools[0])
 		},
 		"Bools": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Bools("k", bools)
+			return e.Bools("k", fixtures.Bools)
+		},
+		"Bytes": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Bytes("k", fixtures.Bytes)
+		},
+		"Hex": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Hex("k", fixtures.Bytes)
 		},
 		"Int": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Int("k", ints[0])
+			return e.Int("k", fixtures.Ints[0])
 		},
 		"Ints": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Ints("k", ints)
+			return e.Ints("k", fixtures.Ints)
 		},
-		"Float": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Float64("k", floats[0])
+		"Float32": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Float32("k", fixtures.Floats32[0])
 		},
-		"Floats": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Floats64("k", floats)
+		"Floats32": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Floats32("k", fixtures.Floats32)
+		},
+		"Float64": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Float64("k", fixtures.Floats64[0])
+		},
+		"Floats64": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Floats64("k", fixtures.Floats64)
 		},
 		"Str": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Str("k", strings[0])
+			return e.Str("k", fixtures.Strings[0])
 		},
 		"Strs": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Strs("k", strings)
+			return e.Strs("k", fixtures.Strings)
+		},
+		"StrsV": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.StrsV("k", fixtures.Strings...)
+		},
+		"Stringer": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Stringer("k", fixtures.Stringers[0])
+		},
+		"Stringers": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Stringers("k", fixtures.Stringers)
+		},
+		"StringersV": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.StringersV("k", fixtures.Stringers...)
 		},
 		"Err": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Err(errs[0])
+			return e.Err(fixtures.Errs[0])
 		},
 		"Errs": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Errs("k", errs)
+			return e.Errs("k", fixtures.Errs)
+		},
+		"Ctx": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Ctx(fixtures.Ctx)
 		},
 		"Time": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Time("k", times[0])
+			return e.Time("k", fixtures.Times[0])
 		},
 		"Times": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Times("k", times)
+			return e.Times("k", fixtures.Times)
 		},
 		"Dur": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Dur("k", durations[0])
+			return e.Dur("k", fixtures.Durations[0])
 		},
 		"Durs": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Durs("k", durations)
+			return e.Durs("k", fixtures.Durations)
 		},
 		"Interface": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Interface("k", interfaces[0])
+			return e.Interface("k", fixtures.Interfaces[0])
 		},
 		"Interfaces": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Interface("k", interfaces)
+			return e.Interface("k", fixtures.Interfaces)
 		},
 		"Interface(Object)": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Interface("k", objects[0])
+			return e.Interface("k", fixtures.Objects[0])
 		},
 		"Interface(Objects)": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Interface("k", objects)
+			return e.Interface("k", fixtures.Objects)
 		},
 		"Object": func(e *Event) *Event {
-			return e.Object("k", objects[0])
+			return e.Object("k", fixtures.Objects[0])
+		},
+		"Objects": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Objects("k", fixtures.Objects)
+		},
+		"ObjectsV": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.ObjectsV("k", fixtures.Objects...)
+		},
+		"Timestamp": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Timestamp()
+		},
+		"IPAddr": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.IPAddr("k", fixtures.IPAddrs[0])
+		},
+		"IPAddrs": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.IPAddrs("k", fixtures.IPAddrs)
+		},
+		"IPPrefix": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.IPPrefix("k", fixtures.IPPfxs[0])
+		},
+		"IPPrefixes": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.IPPrefixes("k", fixtures.IPPfxs)
+		},
+		"MACAddr": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.MACAddr("k", fixtures.MACAddr)
+		},
+		"Type": func(e *Event) *Event {
+			return e.Type("k", fixtures.Type)
 		},
 	}
-	logger := New(ioutil.Discard)
+
+	logger := New(io.Discard)
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for name := range types {
 		f := types[name]
@@ -234,117 +235,128 @@ func BenchmarkLogFieldType(b *testing.B) {
 
 func BenchmarkContextFieldType(b *testing.B) {
 	oldFormat := TimeFieldFormat
-	TimeFieldFormat = ""
+	TimeFieldFormat = TimeFormatUnix
 	defer func() { TimeFieldFormat = oldFormat }()
-	bools := []bool{true, false, true, false, true, false, true, false, true, false}
-	ints := []int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
-	floats := []float64{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
-	strings := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j"}
-	durations := []time.Duration{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
-	times := []time.Time{
-		time.Unix(0, 0),
-		time.Unix(1, 0),
-		time.Unix(2, 0),
-		time.Unix(3, 0),
-		time.Unix(4, 0),
-		time.Unix(5, 0),
-		time.Unix(6, 0),
-		time.Unix(7, 0),
-		time.Unix(8, 0),
-		time.Unix(9, 0),
-	}
-	interfaces := []struct {
-		Pub  string
-		Tag  string `json:"tag"`
-		priv int
-	}{
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-		{"a", "a", 0},
-	}
-	objects := []obj{
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-		obj{"a", "a", 0},
-	}
-	errs := []error{errors.New("a"), errors.New("b"), errors.New("c"), errors.New("d"), errors.New("e")}
+
+	fixtures := makeFieldFixtures()
 	types := map[string]func(c Context) Context{
+		"Any": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Any("k", fixtures.Interfaces[0])
+		},
 		"Bool": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Bool("k", bools[0])
+			return c.Bool("k", fixtures.Bools[0])
 		},
 		"Bools": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Bools("k", bools)
+			return c.Bools("k", fixtures.Bools)
+		},
+		"Bytes": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Bytes("k", fixtures.Bytes)
+		},
+		"Hex": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Hex("k", fixtures.Bytes)
 		},
 		"Int": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Int("k", ints[0])
+			return c.Int("k", fixtures.Ints[0])
 		},
 		"Ints": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Ints("k", ints)
+			return c.Ints("k", fixtures.Ints)
 		},
-		"Float": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Float64("k", floats[0])
+		"Float32": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Float32("k", fixtures.Floats32[0])
 		},
-		"Floats": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Floats64("k", floats)
+		"Floats32": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Floats32("k", fixtures.Floats32)
+		},
+		"Float64": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Float64("k", fixtures.Floats64[0])
+		},
+		"Floats64": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Floats64("k", fixtures.Floats64)
 		},
 		"Str": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Str("k", strings[0])
+			return c.Str("k", fixtures.Strings[0])
 		},
 		"Strs": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Strs("k", strings)
+			return c.Strs("k", fixtures.Strings)
+		},
+		"StrsV": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.StrsV("k", fixtures.Strings...)
+		},
+		"Stringer": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Stringer("k", fixtures.Stringers[0])
+		},
+		"Stringers": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Stringers("k", fixtures.Stringers)
+		},
+		"StringersV": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.StringersV("k", fixtures.Stringers...)
 		},
 		"Err": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Err(errs[0])
+			return c.Err(fixtures.Errs[0])
 		},
 		"Errs": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Errs("k", errs)
+			return c.Errs("k", fixtures.Errs)
+		},
+		"Ctx": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Ctx(fixtures.Ctx)
 		},
 		"Time": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Time("k", times[0])
+			return c.Time("k", fixtures.Times[0])
 		},
 		"Times": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Times("k", times)
+			return c.Times("k", fixtures.Times)
 		},
 		"Dur": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Dur("k", durations[0])
+			return c.Dur("k", fixtures.Durations[0])
 		},
 		"Durs": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Durs("k", durations)
+			return c.Durs("k", fixtures.Durations)
 		},
 		"Interface": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Interface("k", interfaces[0])
+			return c.Interface("k", fixtures.Interfaces[0])
 		},
 		"Interfaces": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Interface("k", interfaces)
+			return c.Interface("k", fixtures.Interfaces)
 		},
 		"Interface(Object)": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Interface("k", objects[0])
+			return c.Interface("k", fixtures.Objects[0])
 		},
 		"Interface(Objects)": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Interface("k", objects)
+			return c.Interface("k", fixtures.Objects)
 		},
 		"Object": func(c Context) Context {
-			return c.Object("k", objects[0])
+			return c.Object("k", fixtures.Objects[0])
+		},
+		"Objects": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Objects("k", fixtures.Objects)
+		},
+		"ObjectsV": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.ObjectsV("k", fixtures.Objects...)
 		},
 		"Timestamp": func(c Context) Context {
 			return c.Timestamp()
 		},
+		"IPAddr": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.IPAddr("k", fixtures.IPAddrs[0])
+		},
+		"IPAddrs": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.IPAddrs("k", fixtures.IPAddrs)
+		},
+		"IPPrefix": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.IPPrefix("k", fixtures.IPPfxs[0])
+		},
+		"IPPrefixes": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.IPPrefixes("k", fixtures.IPPfxs)
+		},
+		"MACAddr": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.MACAddr("k", fixtures.MACAddr)
+		},
+		"Type": func(c Context) Context {
+			return c.Type("k", fixtures.Type)
+		},
 	}
-	logger := New(ioutil.Discard)
+
+	logger := New(io.Discard)
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for name := range types {
 		f := types[name]

binary_test.go

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build binary_log
 // +build binary_log
 
 package zerolog
@@ -6,21 +7,12 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 
-	//	"io/ioutil"
 	stdlog "log"
 	"time"
 )
 
-func ExampleBinaryNew() {
-	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
-	log := New(&dst)
-
-	log.Info().Msg("hello world")
-	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
-	// Output: {"level":"info","message":"hello world"}
-}
-
 func ExampleLogger_With() {
 	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
 	log := New(&dst).
@@ -108,6 +100,19 @@ func ExampleLogger_Printf() {
 	// Output: {"level":"debug","message":"hello world"}
 }
 
+func ExampleLogger_Trace() {
+	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := New(&dst)
+
+	log.Trace().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Int("n", 123).
+		Msg("hello world")
+
+	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
+	// Output: {"level":"trace","foo":"bar","n":123,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
 func ExampleLogger_Debug() {
 	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
 	log := New(&dst)
@@ -201,12 +206,13 @@ func ExampleEvent_Dict() {
 	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
 	log := New(&dst)
 
-	log.Log().
-		Str("foo", "bar").
-		Dict("dict", Dict().
-			Str("bar", "baz").
-			Int("n", 1),
-		).
+	e := log.Log().
+		Str("foo", "bar")
+
+	e.Dict("dict", e.CreateDict().
+		Str("bar", "baz").
+		Int("n", 1),
+	).
 		Msg("hello world")
 
 	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
@@ -227,6 +233,7 @@ func (u User) MarshalZerologObject(e *Event) {
 
 type Users []User
 
+// User implements LogObjectMarshaler
 func (uu Users) MarshalZerologArray(a *Array) {
 	for _, u := range uu {
 		a.Object(u)
@@ -237,12 +244,13 @@ func ExampleEvent_Array() {
 	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
 	log := New(&dst)
 
-	log.Log().
-		Str("foo", "bar").
-		Array("array", Arr().
-			Str("baz").
-			Int(1),
-		).
+	e := log.Log().
+		Str("foo", "bar")
+
+	e.Array("array", e.CreateArray().
+		Str("baz").
+		Int(1),
+	).
 		Msg("hello world")
 
 	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
@@ -284,6 +292,25 @@ func ExampleEvent_Object() {
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","user":{"name":"John","age":35,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"},"message":"hello world"}
 }
 
+func ExampleContext_Objects() {
+	// In go, arrays are type invariant so even if you have a variable u of type []User array and User implements
+	// the LogObjectMarshaler interface, you cannot pass that to func that takes an []LogObjectMarshaler array in the
+	// Objects call. In 1.24+ it allows passing the variadic covariant slice (e.g. u...) but the unit test needs to
+	// work in earlier versions so we'll declare the array as []LogObjectMarshaler here.
+	u := []LogObjectMarshaler{User{"John", 35, time.Time{}}, User{"Bob", 55, time.Time{}}}
+
+	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := New(&dst).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Objects("users", u).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","users":[{"name":"John","age":35,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"},{"name":"Bob","age":55,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"}],"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
 func ExampleEvent_EmbedObject() {
 	price := Price{val: 6449, prec: 2, unit: "$"}
 
@@ -351,16 +378,53 @@ func ExampleEvent_Durs() {
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","durs":[10000,20000],"message":"hello world"}
 }
 
+func ExampleEvent_Fields_map() {
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{
+		"bar": "baz",
+		"n":   1,
+	}
+
+	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := New(&dst)
+
+	log.Log().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Fields(fields).
+		Msg("hello world")
+
+	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","bar":"baz","n":1,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleEvent_Fields_slice() {
+	fields := []interface{}{
+		"bar", "baz",
+		"n", 1,
+	}
+
+	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := New(&dst)
+
+	log.Log().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Fields(fields).
+		Msg("hello world")
+
+	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","bar":"baz","n":1,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
 func ExampleContext_Dict() {
 	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
-	log := New(&dst).With().
-		Str("foo", "bar").
-		Dict("dict", Dict().
-			Str("bar", "baz").
-			Int("n", 1),
-		).Logger()
+	ctx := New(&dst).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar")
 
-	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+	logger := ctx.Dict("dict", ctx.CreateDict().
+		Str("bar", "baz").
+		Int("n", 1),
+	).Logger()
+
+	logger.Log().Msg("hello world")
 
 	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","dict":{"bar":"baz","n":1},"message":"hello world"}
@@ -368,14 +432,15 @@ func ExampleContext_Dict() {
 
 func ExampleContext_Array() {
 	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
-	log := New(&dst).With().
-		Str("foo", "bar").
-		Array("array", Arr().
-			Str("baz").
-			Int(1),
-		).Logger()
+	ctx := New(&dst).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar")
 
-	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+	logger := ctx.Array("array", ctx.CreateArray().
+		Str("baz").
+		Int(1),
+	).Logger()
+
+	logger.Log().Msg("hello world")
 
 	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","array":["baz",1],"message":"hello world"}
@@ -497,3 +562,86 @@ func ExampleContext_Durs() {
 	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","durs":[10000,20000],"message":"hello world"}
 }
+
+func ExampleContext_Fields_map() {
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{
+		"bar": "baz",
+		"n":   1,
+	}
+
+	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := New(&dst).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Fields(fields).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","bar":"baz","n":1,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleContext_Fields_slice() {
+	fields := []interface{}{
+		"bar", "baz",
+		"n", 1,
+	}
+
+	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := New(&dst).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Fields(fields).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","bar":"baz","n":1,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleContext_IPAddr() {
+	ipV4 := net.IP{192, 168, 0, 1}
+	ipV6 := net.IP{0x20, 0x01, 0x0d, 0xb8, 0x85, 0xa3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x8a, 0x2e, 0x03, 0x70, 0x73, 0x34}
+
+	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := New(&dst).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		IPAddr("v4", ipV4).
+		IPAddr("v6", ipV6).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","v4":"192.168.0.1","v6":"2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334","message":"hello world"}
+}
+func ExampleContext_IPPrefix() {
+	pfxV4 := net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{192, 168, 0, 100}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(24, 32)}
+	pfxV6 := net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{0x20, 0x01, 0x0d, 0xb8, 0x85, 0xa3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x8a, 0x2e, 0x03, 0x70, 0x73, 0x00}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(64, 128)}
+
+	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := New(&dst).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		IPPrefix("v4", pfxV4).
+		IPPrefix("v6", pfxV6).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","v4":"192.168.0.100/24","v6":"2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7300/64","message":"hello world"}
+}
+func ExampleContext_MACAddr() {
+	mac := net.HardwareAddr{0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78, 0x90, 0xab}
+
+	dst := bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := New(&dst).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		MACAddr("mac", mac).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	fmt.Println(decodeIfBinaryToString(dst.Bytes()))
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","mac":"12:34:56:78:90:ab","message":"hello world"}
+}

cmd/lint/README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Zerolog Lint
 
+**DEPRECATED: In favor of https://github.com/ykadowak/zerologlint which is integrated with `go vet` and [golangci-lint](https://golangci-lint.run/).**
+
 This is a basic linter that checks for missing log event finishers. Finds errors like: `log.Error().Int64("userID": 5)` - missing the `Msg`/`Msgf` finishers.
 
 ## Problem
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ The command accepts only one argument - the package to be inspected - and 4 opti
 - ignoreFile
     - which files to ignore, either by full path or by go path (package/file.go)
 - ignorePkg
-    - do not inspect the specified package if found in the dependecy tree
+    - do not inspect the specified package if found in the dependency tree
 - ignorePkgRecursively
     - do not inspect the specified package or its subpackages if found in the dependency tree
 

cmd/lint/go.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module github.com/rs/zerolog/cmd/lint
+
+go 1.15
+
+require golang.org/x/tools v0.1.8

cmd/lint/go.sum

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.1/go.mod h1:mwnBkeHKe2W/ZEtQ+71ViKU8L12m81fl3OWwC1Zlc8k=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.5.1 h1:OJxoQ/rynoF0dcCdI7cLPktw/hR2cueqYfjm43oqK38=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.5.1/go.mod h1:5OXOZSfqPIIbmVBIIKWRFfZjPR0E5r58TLhUjH0a2Ro=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211015210444-4f30a5c0130f/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211019181941-9d821ace8654 h1:id054HUawV2/6IGm2IV8KZQjqtwAOo2CYlOToYqa0d0=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211019181941-9d821ace8654/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.1.8 h1:P1HhGGuLW4aAclzjtmJdf0mJOjVUZUzOTqkAkWL+l6w=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.1.8/go.mod h1:nABZi5QlRsZVlzPpHl034qft6wpY4eDcsTt5AaioBiU=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 h1:go1bK/D/BFZV2I8cIQd1NKEZ+0owSTG1fDTci4IqFcE=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=

cmd/prettylog/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Zerolog PrettyLog
+
+This is a basic CLI utility that will colorize and pretty print your structured JSON logs.
+
+## Usage
+
+You can compile it or run it directly. The only issue is that by default Zerolog does not output to `stdout`
+but rather to `stderr` so we must pipe `stderr` stream to this CLI tool.
+
+### Linux
+
+These commands will redirect `stderr` to our `prettylog` tool and `stdout` will remain unaffected.
+
+1. Compiled version
+
+```shell
+some_program_with_zerolog 2> >(prettylog)
+```
+
+2. Run it directly with `go run`
+
+```shell
+some_program_with_zerolog 2> >(go run cmd/prettylog/prettylog.go)
+```
+
+### Windows
+
+These commands will redirect `stderr` to `stdout` and then pipe it to our `prettylog` tool.
+
+1. Compiled version
+
+```shell
+some_program_with_zerolog 2>&1 | prettylog
+```
+
+2. Run it directly with `go run`
+
+```shell
+some_program_with_zerolog 2>&1 | go run cmd/prettylog/prettylog.go
+```

cmd/prettylog/prettylog.go

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+)
+
+func isInputFromPipe() bool {
+	fileInfo, _ := os.Stdin.Stat()
+	return fileInfo.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice == 0
+}
+
+func processInput(reader io.Reader, writer io.Writer) error {
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		bytesToWrite := scanner.Bytes()
+		_, err := writer.Write(bytesToWrite)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				break
+			}
+
+			fmt.Printf("%s\n", bytesToWrite)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return scanner.Err()
+}
+
+func main() {
+	timeFormats := map[string]string{
+		"default": time.Kitchen,
+		"full":    time.RFC1123,
+	}
+
+	timeFormatFlag := flag.String(
+		"time-format",
+		"default",
+		"Time format, either 'default' or 'full'",
+	)
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	timeFormat, ok := timeFormats[*timeFormatFlag]
+	if !ok {
+		panic("Invalid time-format provided")
+	}
+
+	writer := zerolog.NewConsoleWriter()
+	writer.TimeFormat = timeFormat
+
+	if isInputFromPipe() {
+		_ = processInput(os.Stdin, writer)
+	} else if flag.NArg() >= 1 {
+		for _, filename := range flag.Args() {
+			// Scan each line from filename and write it into writer
+			reader, err := os.Open(filename)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s open: %v", filename, err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+
+			if err := processInput(reader, writer); err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s scan: %v", filename, err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("Usage:")
+		fmt.Println("  app_with_zerolog | 2> >(prettylog)")
+		fmt.Println("  prettylog zerolog_output.jsonl")
+		os.Exit(1)
+		return
+	}
+}

console.go

@@ -5,141 +5,377 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
 )
 
 const (
-	cReset    = 0
-	cBold     = 1
-	cRed      = 31
-	cGreen    = 32
-	cYellow   = 33
-	cBlue     = 34
-	cMagenta  = 35
-	cCyan     = 36
-	cGray     = 37
-	cDarkGray = 90
+	colorBlack = iota + 30
+	colorRed
+	colorGreen
+	colorYellow
+	colorBlue
+	colorMagenta
+	colorCyan
+	colorWhite
+
+	colorBold     = 1
+	colorDarkGray = 90
+
+	unknownLevel = "???"
 )
 
-var consoleBufPool = sync.Pool{
-	New: func() interface{} {
-		return bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, 100))
-	},
-}
+var (
+	consoleBufPool = sync.Pool{
+		New: func() interface{} {
+			return bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, 100))
+		},
+	}
+)
 
-// LevelWidth defines the desired character width of the log level column.
-// Default 0 does not trim or pad (variable width based level text, e.g. "INFO" or "ERROR")
-var LevelWidth = 0
+const (
+	consoleDefaultTimeFormat = time.Kitchen
+)
 
-// ConsoleWriter reads a JSON object per write operation and output an
-// optionally colored human readable version on the Out writer.
+// Formatter transforms the input into a formatted string.
+type Formatter func(interface{}) string
+
+// FormatterByFieldName transforms the input into a formatted string,
+// being able to differentiate formatting based on field name.
+type FormatterByFieldName func(interface{}, string) string
+
+// ConsoleWriter parses the JSON input and writes it in an
+// (optionally) colorized, human-friendly format to Out.
 type ConsoleWriter struct {
-	Out     io.Writer
+	// Out is the output destination.
+	Out io.Writer
+
+	// NoColor disables the colorized output.
 	NoColor bool
+
+	// TimeFormat specifies the format for timestamp in output.
+	TimeFormat string
+
+	// TimeLocation tells ConsoleWriter’s default FormatTimestamp
+	// how to localize the time.
+	TimeLocation *time.Location
+
+	// PartsOrder defines the order of parts in output.
+	PartsOrder []string
+
+	// PartsExclude defines parts to not display in output.
+	PartsExclude []string
+
+	// FieldsOrder defines the order of contextual fields in output.
+	FieldsOrder []string
+
+	fieldIsOrdered map[string]int
+
+	// FieldsExclude defines contextual fields to not display in output.
+	FieldsExclude []string
+
+	FormatTimestamp     Formatter
+	FormatLevel         Formatter
+	FormatCaller        Formatter
+	FormatMessage       Formatter
+	FormatFieldName     Formatter
+	FormatFieldValue    Formatter
+	FormatErrFieldName  Formatter
+	FormatErrFieldValue Formatter
+	// If this is configured it is used for "part" values and
+	// has precedence on FormatFieldValue
+	FormatPartValueByName FormatterByFieldName
+
+	FormatExtra func(map[string]interface{}, *bytes.Buffer) error
+
+	FormatPrepare func(map[string]interface{}) error
 }
 
+// NewConsoleWriter creates and initializes a new ConsoleWriter.
+func NewConsoleWriter(options ...func(w *ConsoleWriter)) ConsoleWriter {
+	w := ConsoleWriter{
+		Out:        os.Stdout,
+		TimeFormat: consoleDefaultTimeFormat,
+		PartsOrder: consoleDefaultPartsOrder(),
+	}
+
+	for _, opt := range options {
+		opt(&w)
+	}
+
+	// Fix color on Windows
+	if w.Out == os.Stdout || w.Out == os.Stderr {
+		w.Out = colorable.NewColorable(w.Out.(*os.File))
+	}
+
+	return w
+}
+
+// Write transforms the JSON input with formatters and appends to w.Out.
 func (w ConsoleWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	var event map[string]interface{}
+	// Fix color on Windows
+	if w.Out == os.Stdout || w.Out == os.Stderr {
+		w.Out = colorable.NewColorable(w.Out.(*os.File))
+	}
+
+	if w.PartsOrder == nil {
+		w.PartsOrder = consoleDefaultPartsOrder()
+	}
+
+	var buf = consoleBufPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+	defer func() {
+		buf.Reset()
+		consoleBufPool.Put(buf)
+	}()
+
+	var evt map[string]interface{}
 	p = decodeIfBinaryToBytes(p)
 	d := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(p))
 	d.UseNumber()
-	err = d.Decode(&event)
+	err = d.Decode(&evt)
 	if err != nil {
-		return
+		return n, fmt.Errorf("cannot decode event: %s", err)
 	}
-	buf := consoleBufPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
-	defer consoleBufPool.Put(buf)
-	lvlColor := cReset
-	level := "????"
-	if l, ok := event[LevelFieldName].(string); ok {
-		if !w.NoColor {
-			lvlColor = levelColor(l)
+
+	if w.FormatPrepare != nil {
+		err = w.FormatPrepare(evt)
+		if err != nil {
+			return n, err
 		}
-		level = strings.ToUpper(l)
-		if LevelWidth > 0 {
-			if padding := LevelWidth - len(level); padding > 0 {
-				level += strings.Repeat(" ", padding)
-			} else {
-				level = level[0:LevelWidth]
+	}
+
+	for _, p := range w.PartsOrder {
+		w.writePart(buf, evt, p)
+	}
+
+	w.writeFields(evt, buf)
+
+	if w.FormatExtra != nil {
+		err = w.FormatExtra(evt, buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return n, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = buf.WriteByte('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return n, err
+	}
+
+	_, err = buf.WriteTo(w.Out)
+	return len(p), err
+}
+
+// Call the underlying writer's Close method if it is an io.Closer. Otherwise
+// does nothing.
+func (w ConsoleWriter) Close() error {
+	if closer, ok := w.Out.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return closer.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// writeFields appends formatted key-value pairs to buf.
+func (w ConsoleWriter) writeFields(evt map[string]interface{}, buf *bytes.Buffer) {
+	var fields = make([]string, 0, len(evt))
+	for field := range evt {
+		var isExcluded bool
+		for _, excluded := range w.FieldsExclude {
+			if field == excluded {
+				isExcluded = true
+				break
 			}
 		}
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(buf, "%s |%s| %s",
-		colorize(formatTime(event[TimestampFieldName]), cDarkGray, !w.NoColor),
-		colorize(level, lvlColor, !w.NoColor),
-		colorize(event[MessageFieldName], cReset, !w.NoColor))
-	fields := make([]string, 0, len(event))
-	for field := range event {
+		if isExcluded {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		switch field {
-		case LevelFieldName, TimestampFieldName, MessageFieldName:
+		case LevelFieldName, TimestampFieldName, MessageFieldName, CallerFieldName:
 			continue
 		}
 		fields = append(fields, field)
 	}
-	sort.Strings(fields)
-	for _, field := range fields {
-		fmt.Fprintf(buf, " %s=", colorize(field, cCyan, !w.NoColor))
-		switch value := event[field].(type) {
-		case string:
-			if needsQuote(value) {
-				buf.WriteString(strconv.Quote(value))
+
+	if len(w.FieldsOrder) > 0 {
+		w.orderFields(fields)
+	} else {
+		sort.Strings(fields)
+	}
+
+	// Write space only if something has already been written to the buffer, and if there are fields.
+	if buf.Len() > 0 && len(fields) > 0 {
+		buf.WriteByte(' ')
+	}
+
+	// Move the "error" field to the front
+	ei := sort.Search(len(fields), func(i int) bool { return fields[i] >= ErrorFieldName })
+	if ei < len(fields) && fields[ei] == ErrorFieldName {
+		fields[ei] = ""
+		fields = append([]string{ErrorFieldName}, fields...)
+		var xfields = make([]string, 0, len(fields))
+		for _, field := range fields {
+			if field == "" { // Skip empty fields
+				continue
+			}
+			xfields = append(xfields, field)
+		}
+		fields = xfields
+	}
+
+	for i, field := range fields {
+		var fn Formatter
+		var fv Formatter
+
+		if field == ErrorFieldName {
+			if w.FormatErrFieldName == nil {
+				fn = consoleDefaultFormatErrFieldName(w.NoColor)
 			} else {
-				buf.WriteString(value)
+				fn = w.FormatErrFieldName
+			}
+
+			if w.FormatErrFieldValue == nil {
+				fv = consoleDefaultFormatErrFieldValue(w.NoColor)
+			} else {
+				fv = w.FormatErrFieldValue
+			}
+		} else {
+			if w.FormatFieldName == nil {
+				fn = consoleDefaultFormatFieldName(w.NoColor)
+			} else {
+				fn = w.FormatFieldName
+			}
+
+			if w.FormatFieldValue == nil {
+				fv = consoleDefaultFormatFieldValue
+			} else {
+				fv = w.FormatFieldValue
+			}
+		}
+
+		buf.WriteString(fn(field))
+
+		switch fValue := evt[field].(type) {
+		case string:
+			if needsQuote(fValue) {
+				buf.WriteString(fv(strconv.Quote(fValue)))
+			} else {
+				buf.WriteString(fv(fValue))
 			}
 		case json.Number:
-			fmt.Fprint(buf, value)
+			buf.WriteString(fv(fValue))
 		default:
-			b, err := json.Marshal(value)
+			b, err := InterfaceMarshalFunc(fValue)
 			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Fprintf(buf, "[error: %v]", err)
+				fmt.Fprintf(buf, colorize("[error: %v]", colorRed, w.NoColor), err)
 			} else {
-				fmt.Fprint(buf, string(b))
+				fmt.Fprint(buf, fv(b))
+			}
+		}
+
+		if i < len(fields)-1 { // Skip space for last field
+			buf.WriteByte(' ')
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// writePart appends a formatted part to buf.
+func (w ConsoleWriter) writePart(buf *bytes.Buffer, evt map[string]interface{}, p string) {
+	var f Formatter
+	var fvn FormatterByFieldName
+
+	if len(w.PartsExclude) > 0 {
+		for _, exclude := range w.PartsExclude {
+			if exclude == p {
+				return
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	buf.WriteByte('\n')
-	buf.WriteTo(w.Out)
-	n = len(p)
-	return
-}
 
-func formatTime(t interface{}) string {
-	switch t := t.(type) {
-	case string:
-		return t
-	case json.Number:
-		u, _ := t.Int64()
-		return time.Unix(u, 0).Format(time.RFC3339)
-	}
-	return "<nil>"
-}
-
-func colorize(s interface{}, color int, enabled bool) string {
-	if !enabled {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%v", s)
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("\x1b[%dm%v\x1b[0m", color, s)
-}
-
-func levelColor(level string) int {
-	switch level {
-	case "debug":
-		return cMagenta
-	case "info":
-		return cGreen
-	case "warn":
-		return cYellow
-	case "error", "fatal", "panic":
-		return cRed
+	switch p {
+	case LevelFieldName:
+		if w.FormatLevel == nil {
+			f = consoleDefaultFormatLevel(w.NoColor)
+		} else {
+			f = w.FormatLevel
+		}
+	case TimestampFieldName:
+		if w.FormatTimestamp == nil {
+			f = consoleDefaultFormatTimestamp(w.TimeFormat, w.TimeLocation, w.NoColor)
+		} else {
+			f = w.FormatTimestamp
+		}
+	case MessageFieldName:
+		if w.FormatMessage == nil {
+			f = consoleDefaultFormatMessage(w.NoColor, evt[LevelFieldName])
+		} else {
+			f = w.FormatMessage
+		}
+	case CallerFieldName:
+		if w.FormatCaller == nil {
+			f = consoleDefaultFormatCaller(w.NoColor)
+		} else {
+			f = w.FormatCaller
+		}
 	default:
-		return cReset
+		if w.FormatPartValueByName != nil {
+			fvn = w.FormatPartValueByName
+		} else if w.FormatFieldValue != nil {
+			f = w.FormatFieldValue
+		} else {
+			f = consoleDefaultFormatFieldValue
+		}
+	}
+
+	var s string
+	if f == nil {
+		s = fvn(evt[p], p)
+	} else {
+		s = f(evt[p])
+	}
+
+	if len(s) > 0 {
+		if buf.Len() > 0 {
+			buf.WriteByte(' ') // Write space only if not the first part
+		}
+		buf.WriteString(s)
 	}
 }
 
+// orderFields takes an array of field names and an array representing field order
+// and returns an array with any ordered fields at the beginning, in order,
+// and the remaining fields after in their original order.
+func (w ConsoleWriter) orderFields(fields []string) {
+	if w.fieldIsOrdered == nil {
+		w.fieldIsOrdered = make(map[string]int)
+		for i, fieldName := range w.FieldsOrder {
+			w.fieldIsOrdered[fieldName] = i
+		}
+	}
+	sort.Slice(fields, func(i, j int) bool {
+		ii, iOrdered := w.fieldIsOrdered[fields[i]]
+		jj, jOrdered := w.fieldIsOrdered[fields[j]]
+		if iOrdered && jOrdered {
+			return ii < jj
+		}
+		if iOrdered {
+			return true
+		}
+		if jOrdered {
+			return false
+		}
+		return fields[i] < fields[j]
+	})
+}
+
+// needsQuote returns true when the string s should be quoted in output.
 func needsQuote(s string) bool {
 	for i := range s {
 		if s[i] < 0x20 || s[i] > 0x7e || s[i] == ' ' || s[i] == '\\' || s[i] == '"' {
@@ -148,3 +384,152 @@ func needsQuote(s string) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+// colorize returns the string s wrapped in ANSI code c, unless disabled is true or c is 0.
+func colorize(s interface{}, c int, disabled bool) string {
+	e := os.Getenv("NO_COLOR")
+	if e != "" || c == 0 {
+		disabled = true
+	}
+
+	if disabled {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s", s)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("\x1b[%dm%v\x1b[0m", c, s)
+}
+
+// ----- DEFAULT FORMATTERS ---------------------------------------------------
+
+func consoleDefaultPartsOrder() []string {
+	return []string{
+		TimestampFieldName,
+		LevelFieldName,
+		CallerFieldName,
+		MessageFieldName,
+	}
+}
+
+func consoleDefaultFormatTimestamp(timeFormat string, location *time.Location, noColor bool) Formatter {
+	if timeFormat == "" {
+		timeFormat = consoleDefaultTimeFormat
+	}
+	if location == nil {
+		location = time.Local
+	}
+
+	return func(i interface{}) string {
+		t := "<nil>"
+		switch tt := i.(type) {
+		case string:
+			ts, err := time.ParseInLocation(TimeFieldFormat, tt, location)
+			if err != nil {
+				t = tt
+			} else {
+				t = ts.In(location).Format(timeFormat)
+			}
+		case json.Number:
+			i, err := tt.Int64()
+			if err != nil {
+				t = tt.String()
+			} else {
+				var sec, nsec int64
+
+				switch TimeFieldFormat {
+				case TimeFormatUnixNano:
+					sec, nsec = 0, i
+				case TimeFormatUnixMicro:
+					sec, nsec = 0, int64(time.Duration(i)*time.Microsecond)
+				case TimeFormatUnixMs:
+					sec, nsec = 0, int64(time.Duration(i)*time.Millisecond)
+				default:
+					sec, nsec = i, 0
+				}
+
+				ts := time.Unix(sec, nsec)
+				t = ts.In(location).Format(timeFormat)
+			}
+		}
+		return colorize(t, colorDarkGray, noColor)
+	}
+}
+
+func stripLevel(ll string) string {
+	if len(ll) == 0 {
+		return unknownLevel
+	}
+	if len(ll) > 3 {
+		ll = ll[:3]
+	}
+	return strings.ToUpper(ll)
+}
+
+func consoleDefaultFormatLevel(noColor bool) Formatter {
+	return func(i interface{}) string {
+		if ll, ok := i.(string); ok {
+			level, _ := ParseLevel(ll)
+			fl, ok := FormattedLevels[level]
+			if ok {
+				return colorize(fl, LevelColors[level], noColor)
+			}
+			return stripLevel(ll)
+		}
+		if i == nil {
+			return unknownLevel
+		}
+		return stripLevel(fmt.Sprintf("%s", i))
+	}
+}
+
+func consoleDefaultFormatCaller(noColor bool) Formatter {
+	return func(i interface{}) string {
+		var c string
+		if cc, ok := i.(string); ok {
+			c = cc
+		}
+		if len(c) > 0 {
+			if cwd, err := os.Getwd(); err == nil {
+				if rel, err := filepath.Rel(cwd, c); err == nil {
+					c = rel
+				}
+			}
+			c = colorize(c, colorBold, noColor) + colorize(" >", colorCyan, noColor)
+		}
+		return c
+	}
+}
+
+func consoleDefaultFormatMessage(noColor bool, level interface{}) Formatter {
+	return func(i interface{}) string {
+		if i == nil || i == "" {
+			return ""
+		}
+		switch level {
+		case LevelInfoValue, LevelWarnValue, LevelErrorValue, LevelFatalValue, LevelPanicValue:
+			return colorize(fmt.Sprintf("%s", i), colorBold, noColor)
+		default:
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%s", i)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func consoleDefaultFormatFieldName(noColor bool) Formatter {
+	return func(i interface{}) string {
+		return colorize(fmt.Sprintf("%s=", i), colorCyan, noColor)
+	}
+}
+
+func consoleDefaultFormatFieldValue(i interface{}) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", i)
+}
+
+func consoleDefaultFormatErrFieldName(noColor bool) Formatter {
+	return func(i interface{}) string {
+		return colorize(fmt.Sprintf("%s=", i), colorCyan, noColor)
+	}
+}
+
+func consoleDefaultFormatErrFieldValue(noColor bool) Formatter {
+	return func(i interface{}) string {
+		return colorize(colorize(fmt.Sprintf("%s", i), colorBold, noColor), colorRed, noColor)
+	}
+}

console_test.go

@@ -2,29 +2,653 @@ package zerolog_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
-func ExampleConsoleWriter_Write() {
+func ExampleConsoleWriter() {
 	log := zerolog.New(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stdout, NoColor: true})
 
-	log.Info().Msg("hello world")
-	// Output: <nil> |INFO| hello world
+	log.Info().Str("foo", "bar").Msg("Hello World")
+	// Output: <nil> INF Hello World foo=bar
 }
 
-func TestConsoleWriterNumbers(t *testing.T) {
-	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	log := zerolog.New(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true})
-	log.Info().
-		Float64("float", 1.23).
-		Uint64("small", 123).
-		Uint64("big", 1152921504606846976).
-		Msg("msg")
-	if got, want := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String()), "<nil> |INFO| msg big=1152921504606846976 float=1.23 small=123"; got != want {
-		t.Errorf("\ngot:\n%s\nwant:\n%s", got, want)
+func ExampleConsoleWriter_customFormatters() {
+	out := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stdout, NoColor: true}
+	out.FormatLevel = func(i interface{}) string { return strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("%-6s|", i)) }
+	out.FormatFieldName = func(i interface{}) string { return fmt.Sprintf("%s:", i) }
+	out.FormatFieldValue = func(i interface{}) string { return strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("%s", i)) }
+	log := zerolog.New(out)
+
+	log.Info().Str("foo", "bar").Msg("Hello World")
+	// Output: <nil> INFO  | Hello World foo:BAR
+}
+
+func ExampleConsoleWriter_partValueFormatter() {
+	out := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stdout, NoColor: true,
+		PartsOrder:    []string{"level", "one", "two", "three", "message"},
+		FieldsExclude: []string{"one", "two", "three"}}
+	out.FormatLevel = func(i interface{}) string { return strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("%-6s", i)) }
+	out.FormatFieldName = func(i interface{}) string { return fmt.Sprintf("%s:", i) }
+	out.FormatPartValueByName = func(i interface{}, s string) string {
+		var ret string
+		switch s {
+		case "one":
+			ret = strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("%s", i))
+		case "two":
+			ret = strings.ToLower(fmt.Sprintf("%s", i))
+		case "three":
+			ret = strings.ToLower(fmt.Sprintf("(%s)", i))
+		}
+		return ret
+	}
+	log := zerolog.New(out)
+
+	log.Info().Str("foo", "bar").
+		Str("two", "TEST_TWO").
+		Str("one", "test_one").
+		Str("three", "test_three").
+		Msg("Hello World")
+	// Output: INFO   TEST_ONE test_two (test_three) Hello World foo:bar
+}
+
+func ExampleNewConsoleWriter() {
+	out := zerolog.NewConsoleWriter()
+	out.NoColor = true // For testing purposes only
+	log := zerolog.New(out)
+
+	log.Debug().Str("foo", "bar").Msg("Hello World")
+	// Output: <nil> DBG Hello World foo=bar
+}
+
+func ExampleNewConsoleWriter_customFormatters() {
+	out := zerolog.NewConsoleWriter(
+		func(w *zerolog.ConsoleWriter) {
+			// Customize time format
+			w.TimeFormat = time.RFC822
+			// Customize level formatting
+			w.FormatLevel = func(i interface{}) string { return strings.ToUpper(fmt.Sprintf("[%-5s]", i)) }
+		},
+	)
+	out.NoColor = true // For testing purposes only
+
+	log := zerolog.New(out)
+
+	log.Info().Str("foo", "bar").Msg("Hello World")
+	// Output: <nil> [INFO ] Hello World foo=bar
+}
+
+func TestConsoleLogger(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Numbers", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		log := zerolog.New(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true})
+		log.Info().
+			Float64("float", 1.23).
+			Uint64("small", 123).
+			Uint64("big", 1152921504606846976).
+			Msg("msg")
+		if got, want := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String()), "<nil> INF msg big=1152921504606846976 float=1.23 small=123"; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("\ngot:\n%s\nwant:\n%s", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestConsoleWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Default field formatter", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true, PartsOrder: []string{"foo"}}
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"foo": "DEFAULT"}`))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "DEFAULT foo=DEFAULT\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Write colorized", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: false}
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"level": "warn", "message": "Foobar"}`))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "\x1b[90m<nil>\x1b[0m \x1b[33mWRN\x1b[0m \x1b[1mFoobar\x1b[0m\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("NO_COLOR = true", func(t *testing.T) {
+		os.Setenv("NO_COLOR", "anything")
+
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf}
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"level": "warn", "message": "Foobar"}`))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "<nil> WRN Foobar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+		os.Unsetenv("NO_COLOR")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Write fields", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true}
+
+		ts := time.Unix(0, 0)
+		d := ts.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"time": "` + d + `", "level": "debug", "message": "Foobar", "foo": "bar"}`))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := ts.Format(time.Kitchen) + " DBG Foobar foo=bar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Unix timestamp input format", func(t *testing.T) {
+		of := zerolog.TimeFieldFormat
+		defer func() {
+			zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = of
+		}()
+		zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
+
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, TimeFormat: time.StampMilli, NoColor: true}
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"time": 1234, "level": "debug", "message": "Foobar", "foo": "bar"}`))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := time.Unix(1234, 0).Format(time.StampMilli) + " DBG Foobar foo=bar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Unix timestamp ms input format", func(t *testing.T) {
+		of := zerolog.TimeFieldFormat
+		defer func() {
+			zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = of
+		}()
+		zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnixMs
+
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, TimeFormat: time.StampMilli, NoColor: true}
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"time": 1234567, "level": "debug", "message": "Foobar", "foo": "bar"}`))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := time.Unix(1234, 567000000).Format(time.StampMilli) + " DBG Foobar foo=bar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Unix timestamp us input format", func(t *testing.T) {
+		of := zerolog.TimeFieldFormat
+		defer func() {
+			zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = of
+		}()
+		zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnixMicro
+
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, TimeFormat: time.StampMicro, NoColor: true}
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"time": 1234567891, "level": "debug", "message": "Foobar", "foo": "bar"}`))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := time.Unix(1234, 567891000).Format(time.StampMicro) + " DBG Foobar foo=bar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("No message field", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true}
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"level": "debug", "foo": "bar"}`))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "<nil> DBG foo=bar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("No level field", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true}
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"message": "Foobar", "foo": "bar"}`))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "<nil> ??? Foobar foo=bar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Write colorized fields", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: false}
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(`{"level": "warn", "message": "Foobar", "foo": "bar"}`))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "\x1b[90m<nil>\x1b[0m \x1b[33mWRN\x1b[0m \x1b[1mFoobar\x1b[0m \x1b[36mfoo=\x1b[0mbar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Write error field", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true}
+
+		ts := time.Unix(0, 0)
+		d := ts.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+		evt := `{"time": "` + d + `", "level": "error", "message": "Foobar", "aaa": "bbb", "error": "Error"}`
+		// t.Log(evt)
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(evt))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := ts.Format(time.Kitchen) + " ERR Foobar error=Error aaa=bbb\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Write caller field", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true}
+
+		cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Cannot get working directory: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		ts := time.Unix(0, 0)
+		d := ts.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+
+		fields := map[string]interface{}{
+			"time":    d,
+			"level":   "debug",
+			"message": "Foobar",
+			"foo":     "bar",
+			"caller":  filepath.Join(cwd, "foo", "bar.go"),
+		}
+
+		evt, err := json.Marshal(fields)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Cannot marshal fields: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		_, err = w.Write(evt)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		// Define the expected output with forward slashes
+		expectedOutput := ts.Format(time.Kitchen) + " DBG foo/bar.go > Foobar foo=bar\n"
+
+		// Get the actual output and normalize path separators to forward slashes
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		actualOutput = strings.ReplaceAll(actualOutput, string(os.PathSeparator), "/")
+
+		// Compare the normalized actual output to the expected output
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Write JSON field", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true}
+
+		evt := `{"level": "debug", "message": "Foobar", "foo": [1, 2, 3], "bar": true}`
+		// t.Log(evt)
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(evt))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "<nil> DBG Foobar bar=true foo=[1,2,3]\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("With an extra 'level' field", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("malformed string", func(t *testing.T) {
+			cases := []struct {
+				field  string
+				output string
+			}{
+				{"", "<nil> ??? Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"-", "<nil> - Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"1", "<nil> " + zerolog.FormattedLevels[1] + " Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"a", "<nil> A Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"12", "<nil> 12 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"a2", "<nil> A2 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"2a", "<nil> 2A Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"ab", "<nil> AB Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"12a", "<nil> 12A Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"a12", "<nil> A12 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"abc", "<nil> ABC Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"123", "<nil> 123 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"abcd", "<nil> ABC Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"1234", "<nil> 123 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"123d", "<nil> 123 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"01", "<nil> " + zerolog.FormattedLevels[1] + " Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"001", "<nil> " + zerolog.FormattedLevels[1] + " Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{"0001", "<nil> " + zerolog.FormattedLevels[1] + " Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+			}
+			for i, c := range cases {
+				c := c
+				t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("case %d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
+					buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+					out := zerolog.NewConsoleWriter()
+					out.NoColor = true
+					out.Out = buf
+					log := zerolog.New(out)
+
+					log.Debug().Str("level", c.field).Str("foo", "bar").Msg("Hello World")
+
+					actualOutput := buf.String()
+					if actualOutput != c.output {
+						t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, c.output)
+					}
+				})
+			}
+		})
+
+		t.Run("weird value", func(t *testing.T) {
+			cases := []struct {
+				field  interface{}
+				output string
+			}{
+				{0, "<nil> 0 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{1, "<nil> 1 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{-1, "<nil> -1 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{-3, "<nil> -3 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{-32, "<nil> -32 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{-321, "<nil> -32 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{12, "<nil> 12 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{123, "<nil> 123 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+				{1234, "<nil> 123 Hello World foo=bar\n"},
+			}
+			for i, c := range cases {
+				c := c
+				t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("case %d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
+					buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+					out := zerolog.NewConsoleWriter()
+					out.NoColor = true
+					out.Out = buf
+					log := zerolog.New(out)
+
+					log.Debug().Interface("level", c.field).Str("foo", "bar").Msg("Hello World")
+
+					actualOutput := buf.String()
+					if actualOutput != c.output {
+						t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, c.output)
+					}
+				})
+			}
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+func TestConsoleWriterConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Sets TimeFormat", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true, TimeFormat: time.RFC3339}
+
+		ts := time.Unix(0, 0)
+		d := ts.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+		evt := `{"time": "` + d + `", "level": "info", "message": "Foobar"}`
+
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(evt))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := ts.Format(time.RFC3339) + " INF Foobar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Sets TimeFormat and TimeLocation", func(t *testing.T) {
+		locs := []*time.Location{time.Local, time.UTC}
+
+		for _, location := range locs {
+			buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{
+				Out:          buf,
+				NoColor:      true,
+				TimeFormat:   time.RFC3339,
+				TimeLocation: location,
+			}
+
+			ts := time.Unix(0, 0)
+			d := ts.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+			evt := `{"time": "` + d + `", "level": "info", "message": "Foobar"}`
+
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte(evt))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+			}
+
+			expectedOutput := ts.In(location).Format(time.RFC3339) + " INF Foobar\n"
+			actualOutput := buf.String()
+			if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q (location=%s)", actualOutput, expectedOutput, location)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Sets PartsOrder", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true, PartsOrder: []string{"message", "level"}}
+
+		evt := `{"level": "info", "message": "Foobar"}`
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(evt))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "Foobar INF\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Sets PartsExclude", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true, PartsExclude: []string{"time"}}
+
+		d := time.Unix(0, 0).UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+		evt := `{"time": "` + d + `", "level": "info", "message": "Foobar"}`
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(evt))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "INF Foobar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Sets FieldsOrder", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true, FieldsOrder: []string{"zebra", "aardvark"}}
+
+		evt := `{"level": "info", "message": "Zoo", "aardvark": "Able", "mussel": "Mountain", "zebra": "Zulu"}`
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(evt))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "<nil> INF Zoo zebra=Zulu aardvark=Able mussel=Mountain\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Sets FieldsExclude", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true, FieldsExclude: []string{"foo"}}
+
+		evt := `{"level": "info", "message": "Foobar", "foo":"bar", "baz":"quux"}`
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(evt))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "<nil> INF Foobar baz=quux\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Sets FormatExtra", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{
+			Out: buf, NoColor: true, PartsOrder: []string{"level", "message"},
+			FormatExtra: func(evt map[string]interface{}, buf *bytes.Buffer) error {
+				buf.WriteString("\nAdditional stacktrace")
+				return nil
+			},
+		}
+
+		evt := `{"level": "info", "message": "Foobar"}`
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(evt))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "INF Foobar\nAdditional stacktrace\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Sets FormatPrepare", func(t *testing.T) {
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{
+			Out: buf, NoColor: true, PartsOrder: []string{"level", "message"},
+			FormatPrepare: func(evt map[string]interface{}) error {
+				evt["message"] = fmt.Sprintf("msg=%s", evt["message"])
+				return nil
+			},
+		}
+
+		evt := `{"level": "info", "message": "Foobar"}`
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(evt))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		expectedOutput := "INF msg=Foobar\n"
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Uses local time for console writer without time zone", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Regression test for issue #483 (check there for more details)
+
+		timeFormat := "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
+		expectedOutput := "2022-10-20 20:24:50 INF Foobar\n"
+		evt := `{"time": "2022-10-20 20:24:50", "level": "info", "message": "Foobar"}`
+
+		of := zerolog.TimeFieldFormat
+		defer func() {
+			zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = of
+		}()
+		zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = timeFormat
+
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: buf, NoColor: true, TimeFormat: timeFormat}
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(evt))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error when writing output: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		actualOutput := buf.String()
+		if actualOutput != expectedOutput {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected output %q, want: %q", actualOutput, expectedOutput)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkConsoleWriter(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+
+	var msg = []byte(`{"level": "info", "foo": "bar", "message": "HELLO", "time": "1990-01-01"}`)
+
+	w := zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: io.Discard, NoColor: false}
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		w.Write(msg)
 	}
 }

context.go

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package zerolog
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"net"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -16,9 +18,11 @@ func (c Context) Logger() Logger {
 	return c.l
 }
 
-// Fields is a helper function to use a map to set fields using type assertion.
-func (c Context) Fields(fields map[string]interface{}) Context {
-	c.l.context = appendFields(c.l.context, fields)
+// Fields is a helper function to use a map or slice to set fields using type assertion.
+// Only map[string]interface{} and []interface{} are accepted. []interface{} must
+// alternate string keys and arbitrary values, and extraneous ones are ignored.
+func (c Context) Fields(fields interface{}) Context {
+	c.l.context = appendFields(c.l.context, fields, c.l.stack, c.l.ctx, c.l.hooks)
 	return c
 }
 
@@ -30,8 +34,28 @@ func (c Context) Dict(key string, dict *Event) Context {
 	return c
 }
 
+// CreateDict creates an Event to be used with the Context.Dict method.
+// It preserves the stack, hooks, and context from the logger.
+// Call usual field methods like Str, Int etc to add fields to this
+// event and give it as argument the Context.Dict method.
+func (c Context) CreateDict() *Event {
+	return newEvent(nil, DebugLevel, c.l.stack, c.l.ctx, c.l.hooks)
+}
+
+// CreateArray creates an Array to be used with the Context.Array method.
+// It preserves the stack, hooks, and context from the logger.
+// Call usual field methods like Str, Int etc to add elements to this
+// array and give it as argument the Context.Array method.
+func (c Context) CreateArray() *Array {
+	a := Arr()
+	a.stack = c.l.stack
+	a.ctx = c.l.ctx
+	a.ch = c.l.hooks
+	return a
+}
+
 // Array adds the field key with an array to the event context.
-// Use zerolog.Arr() to create the array or pass a type that
+// Use c.CreateArray() to create the array or pass a type that
 // implement the LogArrayMarshaler interface.
 func (c Context) Array(key string, arr LogArrayMarshaler) Context {
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key)
@@ -39,29 +63,44 @@ func (c Context) Array(key string, arr LogArrayMarshaler) Context {
 		c.l.context = arr.write(c.l.context)
 		return c
 	}
-	var a *Array
-	if aa, ok := arr.(*Array); ok {
-		a = aa
-	} else {
-		a = Arr()
-		arr.MarshalZerologArray(a)
-	}
+	a := c.CreateArray()
+	arr.MarshalZerologArray(a)
 	c.l.context = a.write(c.l.context)
 	return c
 }
 
 // Object marshals an object that implement the LogObjectMarshaler interface.
 func (c Context) Object(key string, obj LogObjectMarshaler) Context {
-	e := newEvent(levelWriterAdapter{ioutil.Discard}, 0)
+	e := c.l.scratchEvent()
 	e.Object(key, obj)
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendObjectData(c.l.context, e.buf)
 	putEvent(e)
 	return c
 }
 
+// Objects adds the field key with objs to the logger context as an array of
+// objects that implement the LogObjectMarshaler interface.
+//
+// This is the array version that accepts a slice of LogObjectMarshaler objects.
+func (c Context) Objects(key string, objs []LogObjectMarshaler) Context {
+	e := c.l.scratchEvent()
+	e.Objects(key, objs)
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendObjectData(c.l.context, e.buf)
+	putEvent(e)
+	return c
+}
+
+// ObjectsV adds the field key with objs to the logger context as an array of
+// objects that implement the LogObjectMarshaler interface.
+//
+// This is a variadic version that accepts a list of individual LogObjectMarshaler objects.
+func (c Context) ObjectsV(key string, objs ...LogObjectMarshaler) Context {
+	return c.Objects(key, objs)
+}
+
 // EmbedObject marshals and Embeds an object that implement the LogObjectMarshaler interface.
 func (c Context) EmbedObject(obj LogObjectMarshaler) Context {
-	e := newEvent(levelWriterAdapter{ioutil.Discard}, 0)
+	e := c.l.scratchEvent()
 	e.EmbedObject(obj)
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendObjectData(c.l.context, e.buf)
 	putEvent(e)
@@ -75,11 +114,49 @@ func (c Context) Str(key, val string) Context {
 }
 
 // Strs adds the field key with val as a string to the logger context.
+//
+// This is the array version that accepts a slice of string values.
 func (c Context) Strs(key string, vals []string) Context {
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendStrings(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), vals)
 	return c
 }
 
+// StrsV adds the field key with vals as a []string to the logger context.
+//
+// This is a variadic version that accepts a list of individual strings.
+func (c Context) StrsV(key string, vals ...string) Context {
+	return c.Strs(key, vals)
+}
+
+// Stringer adds the field key with val.String() (or null if val is nil) to the logger context.
+func (c Context) Stringer(key string, val fmt.Stringer) Context {
+	if val != nil {
+		c.l.context = enc.AppendString(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), val.String())
+		return c
+	}
+
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendInterface(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), nil)
+	return c
+}
+
+// Stringers adds the field key with vals to the logger context where each
+// individual val is added by calling val.String().
+//
+// This is the array version that accepts a slice of fmt.Stringer values.
+func (c Context) Stringers(key string, vals []fmt.Stringer) Context {
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendStringers(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), vals)
+	return c
+}
+
+// StringersV adds the field key with vals  to the logger context where each
+// individual val is added by calling val.String().
+//
+// This is a variadic version that accepts a list of individual
+// fmt.Stringer values.
+func (c Context) StringersV(key string, vals ...fmt.Stringer) Context {
+	return c.Stringers(key, vals)
+}
+
 // Bytes adds the field key with val as a []byte to the logger context.
 func (c Context) Bytes(key string, val []byte) Context {
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendBytes(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), val)
@@ -102,14 +179,17 @@ func (c Context) RawJSON(key string, b []byte) Context {
 }
 
 // AnErr adds the field key with serialized err to the logger context.
+// If err is nil, no field is added.
 func (c Context) AnErr(key string, err error) Context {
-	marshaled := ErrorMarshalFunc(err)
-	switch m := marshaled.(type) {
+	switch m := ErrorMarshalFunc(err).(type) {
 	case nil:
 		return c
 	case LogObjectMarshaler:
 		return c.Object(key, m)
 	case error:
+		if isNilValue(m) {
+			return c
+		}
 		return c.Str(key, m.Error())
 	case string:
 		return c.Str(key, m)
@@ -121,29 +201,39 @@ func (c Context) AnErr(key string, err error) Context {
 // Errs adds the field key with errs as an array of serialized errors to the
 // logger context.
 func (c Context) Errs(key string, errs []error) Context {
-	arr := Arr()
-	for _, err := range errs {
-		marshaled := ErrorMarshalFunc(err)
-		switch m := marshaled.(type) {
-		case LogObjectMarshaler:
-			arr = arr.Object(m)
-		case error:
-			arr = arr.Str(m.Error())
-		case string:
-			arr = arr.Str(m)
-		default:
-			arr = arr.Interface(m)
-		}
-	}
-
+	arr := c.CreateArray().Errs(errs)
 	return c.Array(key, arr)
 }
 
 // Err adds the field "error" with serialized err to the logger context.
 func (c Context) Err(err error) Context {
+	if c.l.stack && ErrorStackMarshaler != nil {
+		switch m := ErrorStackMarshaler(err).(type) {
+		case nil:
+			return c // do nothing with nil errors
+		case LogObjectMarshaler:
+			c = c.Object(ErrorStackFieldName, m)
+		case error:
+			c = c.Str(ErrorStackFieldName, m.Error())
+		case string:
+			c = c.Str(ErrorStackFieldName, m)
+		default:
+			c = c.Interface(ErrorStackFieldName, m)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return c.AnErr(ErrorFieldName, err)
 }
 
+// Ctx adds the context.Context to the logger context. The context.Context is
+// not rendered in the error message, but is made available for hooks to use.
+// A typical use case is to extract tracing information from the
+// context.Context.
+func (c Context) Ctx(ctx context.Context) Context {
+	c.l.ctx = ctx
+	return c
+}
+
 // Bool adds the field key with val as a bool to the logger context.
 func (c Context) Bool(key string, b bool) Context {
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendBool(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), b)
@@ -278,25 +368,25 @@ func (c Context) Uints64(key string, i []uint64) Context {
 
 // Float32 adds the field key with f as a float32 to the logger context.
 func (c Context) Float32(key string, f float32) Context {
-	c.l.context = enc.AppendFloat32(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), f)
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendFloat32(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), f, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return c
 }
 
 // Floats32 adds the field key with f as a []float32 to the logger context.
 func (c Context) Floats32(key string, f []float32) Context {
-	c.l.context = enc.AppendFloats32(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), f)
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendFloats32(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), f, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return c
 }
 
 // Float64 adds the field key with f as a float64 to the logger context.
 func (c Context) Float64(key string, f float64) Context {
-	c.l.context = enc.AppendFloat64(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), f)
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendFloat64(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), f, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return c
 }
 
 // Floats64 adds the field key with f as a []float64 to the logger context.
 func (c Context) Floats64(key string, f []float64) Context {
-	c.l.context = enc.AppendFloats64(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), f)
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendFloats64(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), f, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return c
 }
 
@@ -308,8 +398,9 @@ func (ts timestampHook) Run(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
 
 var th = timestampHook{}
 
-// Timestamp adds the current local time as UNIX timestamp to the logger context with the "time" key.
+// Timestamp adds the current local time to the logger context with the "time" key, formatted using zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
 // To customize the key name, change zerolog.TimestampFieldName.
+// To customize the time format, change zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
 //
 // NOTE: It won't dedupe the "time" key if the *Context has one already.
 func (c Context) Timestamp() Context {
@@ -317,44 +408,81 @@ func (c Context) Timestamp() Context {
 	return c
 }
 
-// Time adds the field key with t formated as string using zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
+// Time adds the field key with t formatted as string using zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
 func (c Context) Time(key string, t time.Time) Context {
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendTime(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), t, TimeFieldFormat)
 	return c
 }
 
-// Times adds the field key with t formated as string using zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
+// Times adds the field key with t formatted as string using zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
 func (c Context) Times(key string, t []time.Time) Context {
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendTimes(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), t, TimeFieldFormat)
 	return c
 }
 
-// Dur adds the fields key with d divided by unit and stored as a float.
+// Dur adds the field key with d divided by unit and stored as a float.
 func (c Context) Dur(key string, d time.Duration) Context {
-	c.l.context = enc.AppendDuration(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldInteger)
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendDuration(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldFormat, DurationFieldInteger, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return c
 }
 
-// Durs adds the fields key with d divided by unit and stored as a float.
+// Durs adds the field key with d divided by unit and stored as a float.
 func (c Context) Durs(key string, d []time.Duration) Context {
-	c.l.context = enc.AppendDurations(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldInteger)
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendDurations(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldFormat, DurationFieldInteger, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return c
 }
 
 // Interface adds the field key with obj marshaled using reflection.
 func (c Context) Interface(key string, i interface{}) Context {
+	if obj, ok := i.(LogObjectMarshaler); ok {
+		return c.Object(key, obj)
+	}
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendInterface(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), i)
 	return c
 }
 
-type callerHook struct{}
-
-func (ch callerHook) Run(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
-	// Three extra frames to skip (added by hook infra).
-	e.caller(CallerSkipFrameCount + 3)
+// Type adds the field key with val's type using reflection.
+func (c Context) Type(key string, val interface{}) Context {
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendType(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), val)
+	return c
 }
 
-var ch = callerHook{}
+// Any is a wrapper around Context.Interface.
+func (c Context) Any(key string, i interface{}) Context {
+	return c.Interface(key, i)
+}
+
+// Reset removes all the context fields.
+func (c Context) Reset() Context {
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendBeginMarker(make([]byte, 0, 500))
+	return c
+}
+
+type callerHook struct {
+	callerSkipFrameCount int
+}
+
+func newCallerHook(skipFrameCount int) callerHook {
+	return callerHook{callerSkipFrameCount: skipFrameCount}
+}
+
+func (ch callerHook) Run(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
+	switch ch.callerSkipFrameCount {
+	case useGlobalSkipFrameCount:
+		// Extra frames to skip (added by hook infra).
+		e.caller(CallerSkipFrameCount + contextCallerSkipFrameCount)
+	default:
+		// Extra frames to skip (added by hook infra).
+		e.caller(ch.callerSkipFrameCount + contextCallerSkipFrameCount)
+	}
+}
+
+// useGlobalSkipFrameCount acts as a flag to informat callerHook.Run
+// to use the global CallerSkipFrameCount.
+const useGlobalSkipFrameCount = math.MinInt32
+
+// ch is the default caller hook using the global CallerSkipFrameCount.
+var ch = newCallerHook(useGlobalSkipFrameCount)
 
 // Caller adds the file:line of the caller with the zerolog.CallerFieldName key.
 func (c Context) Caller() Context {
@@ -362,19 +490,45 @@ func (c Context) Caller() Context {
 	return c
 }
 
-// IPAddr adds IPv4 or IPv6 Address to the context
+// CallerWithSkipFrameCount adds the file:line of the caller with the zerolog.CallerFieldName key.
+// The specified skipFrameCount int will override the global CallerSkipFrameCount for this context's respective logger.
+// If set to -1 the global CallerSkipFrameCount will be used.
+func (c Context) CallerWithSkipFrameCount(skipFrameCount int) Context {
+	c.l = c.l.Hook(newCallerHook(skipFrameCount))
+	return c
+}
+
+// Stack enables stack trace printing for the error passed to Err().
+func (c Context) Stack() Context {
+	c.l.stack = true
+	return c
+}
+
+// IPAddr adds adds the field key with ip as a net.IP IPv4 or IPv6 Address to the context
 func (c Context) IPAddr(key string, ip net.IP) Context {
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendIPAddr(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), ip)
 	return c
 }
 
-// IPPrefix adds IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (address and mask) to the context
+// IPAddrs adds the field key with ip as a []net.IP array of IPv4 or IPv6 Address to the context
+func (c Context) IPAddrs(key string, ip []net.IP) Context {
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendIPAddrs(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), ip)
+	return c
+}
+
+// IPPrefix adds adds the field key with pfx as a []net.IPNet IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (address and mask) to the context
 func (c Context) IPPrefix(key string, pfx net.IPNet) Context {
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendIPPrefix(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), pfx)
 	return c
 }
 
-// MACAddr adds MAC address to the context
+// IPPrefix adds adds the field key with pfx as a []net.IPNet array of IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (address and mask) to the context
+func (c Context) IPPrefixes(key string, pfx []net.IPNet) Context {
+	c.l.context = enc.AppendIPPrefixes(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), pfx)
+	return c
+}
+
+// MACAddr adds adds the field key with ha as a net.HardwareAddr MAC address to the context
 func (c Context) MACAddr(key string, ha net.HardwareAddr) Context {
 	c.l.context = enc.AppendMACAddr(enc.AppendKey(c.l.context, key), ha)
 	return c

context_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package zerolog
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type myError struct{}
+
+func (e *myError) Error() string { return "test" }
+
+func TestContext_ErrWithStackMarshaler(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return "stack-trace"
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf).With().Stack().Err(errors.New("test error")).Logger()
+
+	log.Info().Msg("test message")
+
+	got := decodeIfBinaryToString(buf.Bytes())
+	want := `{"level":"info","stack":"stack-trace","error":"test error","message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Context.Err() with stack marshaler = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestContext_AnErrWithNilErrorMarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorMarshalFunc
+	defer func() { ErrorMarshalFunc = original }()
+
+	// Set marshaler to return a nil error pointer
+	ErrorMarshalFunc = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return (*myError)(nil) // nil pointer of error type
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf).With().AnErr("test", errors.New("some error")).Logger()
+
+	log.Info().Msg("test message")
+
+	got := decodeIfBinaryToString(buf.Bytes())
+	want := `{"level":"info","message":"test message"}` + "\n" // No "test" field because isNilValue returned true
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Context.AnErr() with nil error marshal = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestContext_ErrWithNilStackMarshaler(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set marshaler to return nil
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf).With().Stack().Err(errors.New("test error")).Logger()
+
+	log.Info().Msg("test message")
+
+	got := decodeIfBinaryToString(buf.Bytes())
+	want := `{"level":"info","message":"test message"}` + "\n" // No stack or error field because stack marshaler returned nil
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Context.Err() with nil stack marshaler = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestContext_ErrWithStackMarshalerObject(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler that returns LogObjectMarshaler
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return logObjectMarshalerImpl{name: "user", age: 30}
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf).With().Stack().Err(errors.New("test error")).Logger()
+
+	log.Info().Msg("test message")
+
+	got := decodeIfBinaryToString(buf.Bytes())
+	want := `{"level":"info","stack":{"name":"user","age":-30},"error":"test error","message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Context.Err() with stack marshaler object = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestContext_ErrWithStackMarshalerError(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler that returns an error
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return errors.New("stack error")
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf).With().Stack().Err(errors.New("test error")).Logger()
+
+	log.Info().Msg("test message")
+
+	got := decodeIfBinaryToString(buf.Bytes())
+	want := `{"level":"info","stack":"stack error","error":"test error","message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Context.Err() with stack marshaler error = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestContext_ErrWithStackMarshalerInterface(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler that returns an int
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return 42
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf).With().Stack().Err(errors.New("test error")).Logger()
+
+	log.Info().Msg("test message")
+
+	got := decodeIfBinaryToString(buf.Bytes())
+	want := `{"level":"info","stack":42,"error":"test error","message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Context.Err() with stack marshaler interface = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}

ctx.go

@@ -7,41 +7,45 @@ import (
 var disabledLogger *Logger
 
 func init() {
+	SetGlobalLevel(TraceLevel)
 	l := Nop()
 	disabledLogger = &l
 }
 
 type ctxKey struct{}
 
-// WithContext returns a copy of ctx with l associated. If an instance of Logger
-// is already in the context, the context is not updated.
+// WithContext returns a copy of ctx with the receiver attached. The Logger
+// attached to the provided Context (if any) will not be effected.  If the
+// receiver's log level is Disabled it will only be attached to the returned
+// Context if the provided Context has a previously attached Logger. If the
+// provided Context has no attached Logger, a Disabled Logger will not be
+// attached.
 //
-// For instance, to add a field to an existing logger in the context, use this
+// Note: to modify the existing Logger attached to a Context (instead of
+// replacing it in a new Context), use UpdateContext with the following
 // notation:
 //
-//     ctx := r.Context()
-//     l := zerolog.Ctx(ctx)
-//     l.UpdateContext(func(c Context) Context {
-//         return c.Str("bar", "baz")
-//     })
-func (l *Logger) WithContext(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
-	if lp, ok := ctx.Value(ctxKey{}).(*Logger); ok {
-		if lp == l {
-			// Do not store same logger.
-			return ctx
-		}
-	} else if l.level == Disabled {
+//	ctx := r.Context()
+//	l := zerolog.Ctx(ctx)
+//	l.UpdateContext(func(c Context) Context {
+//	    return c.Str("bar", "baz")
+//	})
+func (l Logger) WithContext(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
+	if _, ok := ctx.Value(ctxKey{}).(*Logger); !ok && l.level == Disabled {
 		// Do not store disabled logger.
 		return ctx
 	}
-	return context.WithValue(ctx, ctxKey{}, l)
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, ctxKey{}, &l)
 }
 
 // Ctx returns the Logger associated with the ctx. If no logger
-// is associated, a disabled logger is returned.
+// is associated, DefaultContextLogger is returned, unless DefaultContextLogger
+// is nil, in which case a disabled logger is returned.
 func Ctx(ctx context.Context) *Logger {
 	if l, ok := ctx.Value(ctxKey{}).(*Logger); ok {
 		return l
+	} else if l = DefaultContextLogger; l != nil {
+		return l
 	}
 	return disabledLogger
 }

ctx_test.go

@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 package zerolog
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal/cbor"
 )
 
 func TestCtx(t *testing.T) {
-	log := New(ioutil.Discard)
+	log := New(io.Discard)
 	ctx := log.WithContext(context.Background())
 	log2 := Ctx(ctx)
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(log, *log2) {
@@ -27,18 +31,25 @@ func TestCtx(t *testing.T) {
 	if log2 != disabledLogger {
 		t.Error("Ctx did not return the expected logger")
 	}
+
+	DefaultContextLogger = &log
+	t.Cleanup(func() { DefaultContextLogger = nil })
+	log2 = Ctx(context.Background())
+	if log2 != &log {
+		t.Error("Ctx did not return the expected logger")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestCtxDisabled(t *testing.T) {
-	dl := New(ioutil.Discard).Level(Disabled)
+	dl := New(io.Discard).Level(Disabled)
 	ctx := dl.WithContext(context.Background())
 	if ctx != context.Background() {
 		t.Error("WithContext stored a disabled logger")
 	}
 
-	l := New(ioutil.Discard).With().Str("foo", "bar").Logger()
+	l := New(io.Discard).With().Str("foo", "bar").Logger()
 	ctx = l.WithContext(ctx)
-	if Ctx(ctx) != &l {
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(Ctx(ctx), &l) {
 		t.Error("WithContext did not store logger")
 	}
 
@@ -46,18 +57,46 @@ func TestCtxDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 		return c.Str("bar", "baz")
 	})
 	ctx = l.WithContext(ctx)
-	if Ctx(ctx) != &l {
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(Ctx(ctx), &l) {
 		t.Error("WithContext did not store updated logger")
 	}
 
 	l = l.Level(DebugLevel)
 	ctx = l.WithContext(ctx)
-	if Ctx(ctx) != &l {
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(Ctx(ctx), &l) {
 		t.Error("WithContext did not store copied logger")
 	}
 
 	ctx = dl.WithContext(ctx)
-	if Ctx(ctx) != &dl {
-		t.Error("WithContext did not overide logger with a disabled logger")
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(Ctx(ctx), &dl) {
+		t.Error("WithContext did not override logger with a disabled logger")
+	}
+}
+
+type logObjectMarshalerImpl struct {
+	name string
+	age  int
+}
+
+func (t logObjectMarshalerImpl) MarshalZerologObject(e *Event) {
+	e.Str("name", strings.ToLower(t.name)).Int("age", -t.age)
+}
+
+func Test_InterfaceLogObjectMarshaler(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf)
+	ctx := log.WithContext(context.Background())
+
+	log2 := Ctx(ctx)
+
+	withLog := log2.With().Interface("obj", &logObjectMarshalerImpl{
+		name: "FOO",
+		age:  29,
+	}).Logger()
+
+	withLog.Info().Msg("test")
+
+	if got, want := cbor.DecodeIfBinaryToString(buf.Bytes()), `{"level":"info","obj":{"name":"foo","age":-29},"message":"test"}`+"\n"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}
 }

diode/diode.go

@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@ var bufPool = &sync.Pool{
 
 type Alerter func(missed int)
 
+type diodeFetcher interface {
+	diodes.Diode
+	Next() diodes.GenericDataType
+}
+
 // Writer is a io.Writer wrapper that uses a diode to make Write lock-free,
 // non-blocking and thread safe.
 type Writer struct {
 	w    io.Writer
-	d    *diodes.ManyToOne
-	p    *diodes.Poller
+	d    diodeFetcher
 	c    context.CancelFunc
 	done chan struct{}
 }
@@ -35,25 +39,34 @@ type Writer struct {
 //
 // Use a diode.Writer when
 //
-//     wr := diode.NewWriter(w, 1000, 10 * time.Millisecond, func(missed int) {
+//     wr := diode.NewWriter(w, 1000, 0, func(missed int) {
 //         log.Printf("Dropped %d messages", missed)
 //     })
 //     log := zerolog.New(wr)
 //
+// If pollInterval is greater than 0, a poller is used otherwise a waiter is
+// used.
 //
 // See code.cloudfoundry.org/go-diodes for more info on diode.
-func NewWriter(w io.Writer, size int, poolInterval time.Duration, f Alerter) Writer {
+func NewWriter(w io.Writer, size int, pollInterval time.Duration, f Alerter) Writer {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	d := diodes.NewManyToOne(size, diodes.AlertFunc(f))
 	dw := Writer{
-		w: w,
-		d: d,
-		p: diodes.NewPoller(d,
-			diodes.WithPollingInterval(poolInterval),
-			diodes.WithPollingContext(ctx)),
+		w:    w,
 		c:    cancel,
 		done: make(chan struct{}),
 	}
+	if f == nil {
+		f = func(int) {}
+	}
+	d := diodes.NewManyToOne(size, diodes.AlertFunc(f))
+	if pollInterval > 0 {
+		dw.d = diodes.NewPoller(d,
+			diodes.WithPollingInterval(pollInterval),
+			diodes.WithPollingContext(ctx))
+	} else {
+		dw.d = diodes.NewWaiter(d,
+			diodes.WithWaiterContext(ctx))
+	}
 	go dw.poll()
 	return dw
 }
@@ -80,7 +93,7 @@ func (dw Writer) Close() error {
 func (dw Writer) poll() {
 	defer close(dw.done)
 	for {
-		d := dw.p.Next()
+		d := dw.d.Next()
 		if d == nil {
 			return
 		}

diode/diode_example_test.go

@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ package diode_test
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/diode"
 )
 
 func ExampleNewWriter() {
-	w := diode.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 1000, 10*time.Millisecond, func(missed int) {
+	w := diode.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 1000, 0, func(missed int) {
 		fmt.Printf("Dropped %d messages\n", missed)
 	})
 	log := zerolog.New(w)

diode/diode_test.go

@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package diode_test
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestNewWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	buf := bytes.Buffer{}
-	w := diode.NewWriter(&buf, 1000, 10*time.Millisecond, func(missed int) {
+	w := diode.NewWriter(&buf, 1000, 0, func(missed int) {
 		fmt.Printf("Dropped %d messages\n", missed)
 	})
 	log := zerolog.New(w)
@@ -30,18 +32,140 @@ func TestNewWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func Benchmark(b *testing.B) {
-	log.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
-	defer log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
-	w := diode.NewWriter(ioutil.Discard, 100000, 10*time.Millisecond, nil)
+func TestClose(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+	w := diode.NewWriter(&buf, 1000, 0, func(missed int) {})
 	log := zerolog.New(w)
-	defer w.Close()
-
-	b.SetParallelism(1000)
-	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
-		for pb.Next() {
-			log.Print("test")
-		}
-	})
-
+	log.Print("test")
+	w.Close()
+}
+
+func TestFatal(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("TEST_FATAL") == "1" {
+		w := diode.NewWriter(os.Stderr, 1000, 0, func(missed int) {
+			fmt.Printf("Dropped %d messages\n", missed)
+		})
+		defer w.Close()
+		log := zerolog.New(w)
+		log.Fatal().Msg("test")
+		return
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(os.Args[0], "-test.run=TestFatal")
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "TEST_FATAL=1")
+	stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var stderrBuf bytes.Buffer
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		if _, err := io.Copy(&stderrBuf, stderr); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed to copy stderr: %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	err = cmd.Wait()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected log.Fatal to exit with non-zero status")
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait() // Wait for the goroutine to finish copying
+	slurp := stderrBuf.Bytes()
+
+	want := "{\"level\":\"fatal\",\"message\":\"test\"}\n"
+	got := cbor.DecodeIfBinaryToString(slurp)
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Diode Fatal Test failed. got:%s, want:%s!", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+type SlowWriter struct{}
+
+func (rw *SlowWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+	fmt.Print(string(p))
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func TestFatalWithFilteredLevelWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("TEST_FATAL_SLOW") == "1" {
+		slowWriter := SlowWriter{}
+		diodeWriter := diode.NewWriter(&slowWriter, 500, 0, func(missed int) {
+			fmt.Printf("Missed %d logs\n", missed)
+		})
+		leveledDiodeWriter := zerolog.LevelWriterAdapter{
+			Writer: &diodeWriter,
+		}
+		filteredDiodeWriter := zerolog.FilteredLevelWriter{
+			Writer: &leveledDiodeWriter,
+			Level:  zerolog.InfoLevel,
+		}
+		logger := zerolog.New(&filteredDiodeWriter)
+		logger.Fatal().Msg("test")
+		return
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(os.Args[0], "-test.run=TestFatalWithFilteredLevelWriter")
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "TEST_FATAL_SLOW=1")
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var stdoutBuf bytes.Buffer
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		_, _ = io.Copy(&stdoutBuf, stdout)
+	}()
+
+	err = cmd.Wait()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected log.Fatal to exit with non-zero status")
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait() // Wait for the goroutine to finish copying
+	slurp := stdoutBuf.Bytes()
+
+	got := cbor.DecodeIfBinaryToString(slurp)
+	want := "{\"level\":\"fatal\",\"message\":\"test\"}\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Expected output %q, got: %q", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+func Benchmark(b *testing.B) {
+	log.SetOutput(io.Discard)
+	defer log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
+	benchs := map[string]time.Duration{
+		"Waiter": 0,
+		"Pooler": 10 * time.Millisecond,
+	}
+	for name, interval := range benchs {
+		b.Run(name, func(b *testing.B) {
+			w := diode.NewWriter(io.Discard, 100000, interval, nil)
+			log := zerolog.New(w)
+			defer w.Close()
+
+			b.SetParallelism(1000)
+			b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+				for pb.Next() {
+					log.Print("test")
+				}
+			})
+		})
+	}
 }

diode/internal/diodes/many_to_one.go

@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import (
 // ManyToOne diode is optimal for many writers (go-routines B-n) and a single
 // reader (go-routine A). It is not thread safe for multiple readers.
 type ManyToOne struct {
-	buffer     []unsafe.Pointer
 	writeIndex uint64
 	readIndex  uint64
+	buffer     []unsafe.Pointer
 	alerter    Alerter
 }
 
 // NewManyToOne creates a new diode (ring buffer). The ManyToOne diode
-// is optimzed for many writers (on go-routines B-n) and a single reader
+// is optimized for many writers (on go-routines B-n) and a single reader
 // (on go-routine A). The alerter is invoked on the read's go-routine. It is
 // called when it notices that the writer go-routine has passed it and wrote
 // over data. A nil can be used to ignore alerts.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (d *ManyToOne) Set(data GenericDataType) {
 }
 
 // TryNext will attempt to read from the next slot of the ring buffer.
-// If there is not data available, it will return (nil, false).
+// If there is no data available, it will return (nil, false).
 func (d *ManyToOne) TryNext() (data GenericDataType, ok bool) {
 	// Read a value from the ring buffer based on the readIndex.
 	idx := d.readIndex % uint64(len(d.buffer))
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (d *ManyToOne) TryNext() (data GenericDataType, ok bool) {
 	}
 
 	// When the seq value is less than the current read index that means a
-	// value was read from idx that was previously written but has since has
+	// value was read from idx that was previously written but since has
 	// been dropped. This value must be ignored and the read head must not
 	// increment.
 	//

diode/internal/diodes/one_to_one.go

@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ type bucket struct {
 // OneToOne diode is meant to be used by a single reader and a single writer.
 // It is not thread safe if used otherwise.
 type OneToOne struct {
-	buffer     []unsafe.Pointer
 	writeIndex uint64
 	readIndex  uint64
+	buffer     []unsafe.Pointer
 	alerter    Alerter
 }
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (d *OneToOne) TryNext() (data GenericDataType, ok bool) {
 	}
 
 	// When the seq value is less than the current read index that means a
-	// value was read from idx that was previously written but has since has
+	// value was read from idx that was previously written but since has
 	// been dropped. This value must be ignored and the read head must not
 	// increment.
 	//

diode/internal/diodes/poller.go

@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ type PollerConfigOption func(*Poller)
 // WithPollingInterval sets the interval at which the diode is queried
 // for new data. The default is 10ms.
 func WithPollingInterval(interval time.Duration) PollerConfigOption {
-	return PollerConfigOption(func(c *Poller) {
+	return func(c *Poller) {
 		c.interval = interval
-	})
+	}
 }
 
 // WithPollingContext sets the context to cancel any retrieval (Next()). It
 // will not change any results for adding data (Set()). Default is
 // context.Background().
 func WithPollingContext(ctx context.Context) PollerConfigOption {
-	return PollerConfigOption(func(c *Poller) {
+	return func(c *Poller) {
 		c.ctx = ctx
-	})
+	}
 }
 
 // NewPoller returns a new Poller that wraps the given diode.

diode/internal/diodes/waiter.go

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ type WaiterConfigOption func(*Waiter)
 // will not change any results for adding data (Set()). Default is
 // context.Background().
 func WithWaiterContext(ctx context.Context) WaiterConfigOption {
-	return WaiterConfigOption(func(c *Waiter) {
+	return func(c *Waiter) {
 		c.ctx = ctx
-	})
+	}
 }
 
 // NewWaiter returns a new Waiter that wraps the given diode.
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ func NewWaiter(d Diode, opts ...WaiterConfigOption) *Waiter {
 
 	go func() {
 		<-w.ctx.Done()
+
+		// Mutex is strictly necessary here to avoid a race in Next() (between
+		// w.isDone() and w.c.Wait()) and w.c.Broadcast() here.
+		w.mu.Lock()
 		w.c.Broadcast()
+		w.mu.Unlock()
 	}()
 
 	return w

encoder.go

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ type encoder interface {
 	AppendBool(dst []byte, val bool) []byte
 	AppendBools(dst []byte, vals []bool) []byte
 	AppendBytes(dst, s []byte) []byte
-	AppendDuration(dst []byte, d time.Duration, unit time.Duration, useInt bool) []byte
-	AppendDurations(dst []byte, vals []time.Duration, unit time.Duration, useInt bool) []byte
+	AppendDuration(dst []byte, d time.Duration, unit time.Duration, format string, useInt bool, precision int) []byte
+	AppendDurations(dst []byte, vals []time.Duration, unit time.Duration, format string, useInt bool, precision int) []byte
 	AppendEndMarker(dst []byte) []byte
-	AppendFloat32(dst []byte, val float32) []byte
-	AppendFloat64(dst []byte, val float64) []byte
-	AppendFloats32(dst []byte, vals []float32) []byte
-	AppendFloats64(dst []byte, vals []float64) []byte
+	AppendFloat32(dst []byte, val float32, precision int) []byte
+	AppendFloat64(dst []byte, val float64, precision int) []byte
+	AppendFloats32(dst []byte, vals []float32, precision int) []byte
+	AppendFloats64(dst []byte, vals []float64, precision int) []byte
 	AppendHex(dst, s []byte) []byte
 	AppendIPAddr(dst []byte, ip net.IP) []byte
 	AppendIPPrefix(dst []byte, pfx net.IPNet) []byte

encoder_cbor.go

@@ -14,9 +14,19 @@ var (
 	enc = cbor.Encoder{}
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// using closure to reflect the changes at runtime.
+	cbor.JSONMarshalFunc = func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+		return InterfaceMarshalFunc(v)
+	}
+}
+
 func appendJSON(dst []byte, j []byte) []byte {
 	return cbor.AppendEmbeddedJSON(dst, j)
 }
+func appendCBOR(dst []byte, c []byte) []byte {
+	return cbor.AppendEmbeddedCBOR(dst, c)
+}
 
 // decodeIfBinaryToString - converts a binary formatted log msg to a
 // JSON formatted String Log message.

encoder_json.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package zerolog
 // JSON encoded byte stream.
 
 import (
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal/json"
 )
 
@@ -15,9 +16,27 @@ var (
 	enc = json.Encoder{}
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// using closure to reflect the changes at runtime.
+	json.JSONMarshalFunc = func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+		return InterfaceMarshalFunc(v)
+	}
+}
+
 func appendJSON(dst []byte, j []byte) []byte {
 	return append(dst, j...)
 }
+func appendCBOR(dst []byte, cbor []byte) []byte {
+	dst = append(dst, []byte("\"data:application/cbor;base64,")...)
+	l := len(dst)
+	enc := base64.StdEncoding
+	n := enc.EncodedLen(len(cbor))
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		dst = append(dst, '.')
+	}
+	enc.Encode(dst[l:], cbor)
+	return append(dst, '"')
+}
 
 func decodeIfBinaryToString(in []byte) string {
 	return string(in)

error_marshal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+package zerolog
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type loggableError struct {
+	error
+}
+
+func (l loggableError) MarshalZerologObject(e *Event) {
+	if l.error == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	e.Str("l", strings.ToUpper(l.error.Error()))
+}
+
+type nonLoggableError struct {
+	error
+	line int
+}
+
+type wrappedError struct {
+	error
+	msg string
+}
+
+func (w wrappedError) Error() string {
+	if w.error == nil {
+		return w.msg
+	}
+	return w.error.Error() + ": " + w.msg
+}
+
+type interfaceError struct {
+	val string
+}
+
+func TestArrayErrorMarshalFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	prefixed := func(s, prefix string) string {
+		if s == "null" {
+			return ""
+		}
+		return prefix + s + `,`
+	}
+	errs := []error{
+		nil,
+		fmt.Errorf("failure"),
+		loggableError{fmt.Errorf("whoops")},
+		nonLoggableError{fmt.Errorf("oops"), 402},
+	}
+	type testCase struct {
+		name    string
+		marshal func(err error) interface{}
+		want    []string
+	}
+	testCases := []testCase{
+		{
+			name:    "default",
+			marshal: nil,
+			want:    []string{`null`, `"failure"`, `{"l":"WHOOPS"}`, `"oops"`},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "string",
+			marshal: func(err error) interface{} {
+				if err == nil {
+					return nil
+				}
+				return err.Error()
+			},
+			want: []string{`null`, `"failure"`, `"whoops"`, `"oops"`},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "loggable",
+			marshal: func(err error) interface{} {
+				if err == nil {
+					return nil
+				}
+				return loggableError{err}
+			},
+			want: []string{`null`, `{"l":"FAILURE"}`, `{"l":"WHOOPS"}`, `{"l":"OOPS"}`},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "non-loggable",
+			marshal: func(err error) interface{} {
+				if err == nil {
+					return nil
+				}
+				return nonLoggableError{err, 404}
+			},
+			want: []string{`null`, `"failure"`, `"whoops"`, `"oops"`},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "interface",
+			marshal: func(err error) interface{} {
+				var some interfaceError
+				if err != nil {
+					some.val = err.Error()
+				}
+				var interfaceErr interface{} = some
+				return interfaceErr
+			},
+			want: []string{`{}`, `{}`, `{}`, `{}`},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "nilError",
+			marshal: func(err error) interface{} {
+				var errNil error = nil
+				return errNil
+			},
+			want: []string{`null`, `null`, `null`, `null`},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "wrapped error",
+			marshal: func(err error) interface{} {
+				if err == nil {
+					return nil
+				} else if we, ok := err.(wrappedError); ok {
+					return we
+				} else {
+					return wrappedError{err, "addendum"}
+				}
+			},
+			want: []string{`null`, `"failure: addendum"`, `"whoops: addendum"`, `"oops: addendum"`},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			originalErrorMarshalFunc := ErrorMarshalFunc
+			defer func() {
+				ErrorMarshalFunc = originalErrorMarshalFunc
+			}()
+
+			if tc.marshal != nil {
+				ErrorMarshalFunc = tc.marshal
+			}
+
+			t.Run("Err", func(t *testing.T) {
+				for i, err := range errs {
+					want := tc.want[i]
+					t.Run("Arr", func(t *testing.T) {
+						wants := `[` + want + `]`
+						a := Arr().Err(err)
+						if got := decodeObjectToStr(a.write([]byte{})); got != wants {
+							t.Errorf("%s %d Array.Err(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s", tc.name, i, err, got, wants)
+						}
+					})
+					t.Run("Ctx", func(t *testing.T) {
+						wants := `{` + prefixed(want, `"error":`) + `"message":"msg"}` + "\n"
+						out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+						logger := New(out).With().Err(err).Logger()
+						logger.Log().Msg("msg")
+						if got := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()); got != wants {
+							t.Errorf("%s %d Ctx.Err(%v)\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", tc.name, i, err, got, wants)
+						}
+					})
+					t.Run("Event", func(t *testing.T) {
+						wants := `{` + prefixed(want, `"error":`) + `"message":"msg"}` + "\n"
+						out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+						logger := New(out)
+						logger.Log().Err(err).Msg("msg")
+						if got := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()); got != wants {
+							t.Errorf("%s %d Event.Err(%v)\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", tc.name, i, err, got, wants)
+						}
+					})
+					t.Run("Fields", func(t *testing.T) {
+						if i == 0 && tc.want[i] == "{}" {
+							want = `null`
+						}
+						wants := `{"err":` + want + `,"message":"msg"}` + "\n"
+						out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+						logger := New(out)
+						logger.Log().Fields(map[string]interface{}{"err": err}).Msg("msg")
+						if got := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()); got != wants {
+							t.Errorf("%s %d Event.Fields(%v)\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", tc.name, i, err, got, wants)
+						}
+					})
+				}
+			})
+
+			t.Run("Errs", func(t *testing.T) {
+				want := `[` + strings.Join(tc.want, ",") + `]`
+				t.Run("Arr", func(t *testing.T) {
+					a := Arr().Errs(errs)
+					if got := decodeObjectToStr(a.write([]byte{})); got != want {
+						t.Errorf("%s Array.Errs()\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s", tc.name, got, want)
+					}
+				})
+
+				t.Run("Ctx", func(t *testing.T) {
+					wants := `{"e":` + want + `,"message":"msg"}` + "\n"
+					out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+					logger := New(out).With().Errs("e", errs).Logger()
+					logger.Log().Msg("msg")
+					if got := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()); got != wants {
+						t.Errorf("%s Ctx.Errs()\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", tc.name, got, wants)
+					}
+				})
+				t.Run("Event", func(t *testing.T) {
+					wants := `{"e":` + want + `,"message":"msg"}` + "\n"
+					out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+					logger := New(out)
+					logger.Log().Errs("e", errs).Msg("msg")
+					if got := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()); got != wants {
+						t.Errorf("%s Ctx.Errs()\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", tc.name, got, wants)
+					}
+				})
+				t.Run("Fields", func(t *testing.T) {
+					wants := `{"e":` + want + `,"message":"msg"}` + "\n"
+					out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+					logger := New(out)
+					logger.Log().Fields(map[string]interface{}{"e": errs}).Msg("msg")
+					if got := decodeIfBinaryToString(out.Bytes()); got != wants {
+						t.Errorf("%s Ctx.Errs()\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", tc.name, got, wants)
+					}
+				})
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}

event.go

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package zerolog
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
-	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -18,22 +18,29 @@ var eventPool = &sync.Pool{
 	},
 }
 
-// ErrorMarshalFunc allows customization of global error marshaling
-var ErrorMarshalFunc = func(err error) interface{} {
-	return err
-}
-
 // Event represents a log event. It is instanced by one of the level method of
 // Logger and finalized by the Msg or Msgf method.
 type Event struct {
-	buf   []byte
-	w     LevelWriter
-	level Level
-	done  func(msg string)
-	ch    []Hook // hooks from context
+	buf       []byte
+	w         LevelWriter
+	level     Level
+	done      func(msg string)
+	stack     bool            // enable error stack trace
+	ch        []Hook          // hooks from context
+	skipFrame int             // The number of additional frames to skip when printing the caller.
+	ctx       context.Context // Optional Go context for event
 }
 
 func putEvent(e *Event) {
+	// prevent any subsequent use of the Event contextual state and truncate the buffer
+	e.w = nil
+	e.done = nil
+	e.stack = false
+	e.ch = nil
+	e.skipFrame = 0
+	e.ctx = nil
+	e.buf = e.buf[:0]
+
 	// Proper usage of a sync.Pool requires each entry to have approximately
 	// the same memory cost. To obtain this property when the stored type
 	// contains a variably-sized buffer, we add a hard limit on the maximum buffer
@@ -41,10 +48,9 @@ func putEvent(e *Event) {
 	//
 	// See https://golang.org/issue/23199
 	const maxSize = 1 << 16 // 64KiB
-	if cap(e.buf) > maxSize {
-		return
+	if cap(e.buf) <= maxSize {
+		eventPool.Put(e)
 	}
-	eventPool.Put(e)
 }
 
 // LogObjectMarshaler provides a strongly-typed and encoding-agnostic interface
@@ -59,13 +65,16 @@ type LogArrayMarshaler interface {
 	MarshalZerologArray(a *Array)
 }
 
-func newEvent(w LevelWriter, level Level) *Event {
+func newEvent(w LevelWriter, level Level, stack bool, ctx context.Context, hooks []Hook) *Event {
 	e := eventPool.Get().(*Event)
 	e.buf = e.buf[:0]
-	e.ch = nil
+	e.stack = stack
+	e.ctx = ctx
+	e.ch = hooks
 	e.buf = enc.AppendBeginMarker(e.buf)
 	e.w = w
 	e.level = level
+	e.skipFrame = 0
 	return e
 }
 
@@ -92,6 +101,9 @@ func (e *Event) Enabled() bool {
 
 // Discard disables the event so Msg(f) won't print it.
 func (e *Event) Discard() *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
 	e.level = Disabled
 	return nil
 }
@@ -107,10 +119,20 @@ func (e *Event) Msg(msg string) {
 	e.msg(msg)
 }
 
-// Msgf sends the event with formated msg added as the message field if not empty.
+// Send is equivalent to calling Msg("").
 //
-// NOTICE: once this methid is called, the *Event should be disposed.
-// Calling Msg twice can have unexpected result.
+// NOTICE: once this method is called, the *Event should be disposed.
+func (e *Event) Send() {
+	if e == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	e.msg("")
+}
+
+// Msgf sends the event with formatted msg added as the message field if not empty.
+//
+// NOTICE: once this method is called, the *Event should be disposed.
+// Calling Msgf twice can have unexpected result.
 func (e *Event) Msgf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 	if e == nil {
 		return
@@ -118,14 +140,16 @@ func (e *Event) Msgf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 	e.msg(fmt.Sprintf(format, v...))
 }
 
+func (e *Event) MsgFunc(createMsg func() string) {
+	if e == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	e.msg(createMsg())
+}
+
 func (e *Event) msg(msg string) {
-	if len(e.ch) > 0 {
-		e.ch[0].Run(e, e.level, msg)
-		if len(e.ch) > 1 {
-			for _, hook := range e.ch[1:] {
-				hook.Run(e, e.level, msg)
-			}
-		}
+	for _, hook := range e.ch {
+		hook.Run(e, e.level, msg)
 	}
 	if msg != "" {
 		e.buf = enc.AppendString(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, MessageFieldName), msg)
@@ -134,40 +158,73 @@ func (e *Event) msg(msg string) {
 		defer e.done(msg)
 	}
 	if err := e.write(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "zerolog: could not write event: %v", err)
+		if ErrorHandler != nil {
+			ErrorHandler(err)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "zerolog: could not write event: %v\n", err)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
-// Fields is a helper function to use a map to set fields using type assertion.
-func (e *Event) Fields(fields map[string]interface{}) *Event {
+// Fields is a helper function to use a map or slice to set fields using type assertion.
+// Only map[string]interface{} and []interface{} are accepted. []interface{} must
+// alternate string keys and arbitrary values, and extraneous ones are ignored.
+func (e *Event) Fields(fields interface{}) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
 	}
-	e.buf = appendFields(e.buf, fields)
+	e.buf = appendFields(e.buf, fields, e.stack, e.ctx, e.ch)
 	return e
 }
 
 // Dict adds the field key with a dict to the event context.
-// Use zerolog.Dict() to create the dictionary.
+// Use e.CreateDict() to create the dictionary.
 func (e *Event) Dict(key string, dict *Event) *Event {
-	if e == nil {
-		return e
+	if e != nil {
+		dict.buf = enc.AppendEndMarker(dict.buf)
+		e.buf = append(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), dict.buf...)
 	}
-	dict.buf = enc.AppendEndMarker(dict.buf)
-	e.buf = append(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), dict.buf...)
-	putEvent(e)
+	putEvent(dict)
 	return e
 }
 
+// CreateDict creates an Event to be used with the *Event.Dict method.
+// It preserves the stack, hooks, and context from the parent event.
+// Call usual field methods like Str, Int etc to add fields to this
+// event and give it as argument the *Event.Dict method.
+func (e *Event) CreateDict() *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return newEvent(nil, DebugLevel, false, nil, nil)
+	}
+	return newEvent(nil, DebugLevel, e.stack, e.ctx, e.ch)
+}
+
 // Dict creates an Event to be used with the *Event.Dict method.
 // Call usual field methods like Str, Int etc to add fields to this
 // event and give it as argument the *Event.Dict method.
+// NOTE: This function is deprecated because it does not preserve
+// the stack, hooks, and context from the parent event.
+// Deprecated: Use Event.CreateDict instead.
 func Dict() *Event {
-	return newEvent(nil, 0)
+	return newEvent(nil, DebugLevel, false, nil, nil)
+}
+
+// CreateArray creates an Array to be used with the *Event.Array method.
+// It preserves the stack, hooks, and context from the parent event.
+// Call usual field methods like Str, Int etc to add elements to this
+// array and give it as argument the *Event.Array method.
+func (e *Event) CreateArray() *Array {
+	a := Arr()
+	if e != nil {
+		a.stack = e.stack
+		a.ctx = e.ctx
+		a.ch = e.ch
+	}
+	return a
 }
 
 // Array adds the field key with an array to the event context.
-// Use zerolog.Arr() to create the array or pass a type that
+// Use e.CreateArray() to create the array or pass a type that
 // implement the LogArrayMarshaler interface.
 func (e *Event) Array(key string, arr LogArrayMarshaler) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
@@ -178,7 +235,7 @@ func (e *Event) Array(key string, arr LogArrayMarshaler) *Event {
 	if aa, ok := arr.(*Array); ok {
 		a = aa
 	} else {
-		a = Arr()
+		a = e.CreateArray()
 		arr.MarshalZerologArray(a)
 	}
 	e.buf = a.write(e.buf)
@@ -197,15 +254,59 @@ func (e *Event) Object(key string, obj LogObjectMarshaler) *Event {
 		return e
 	}
 	e.buf = enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key)
+	if obj == nil {
+		e.buf = enc.AppendNil(e.buf)
+
+		return e
+	}
+
 	e.appendObject(obj)
 	return e
 }
 
-// Object marshals an object that implement the LogObjectMarshaler interface.
+// Objects adds the field key with objs as an array of objects that
+// implement the LogObjectMarshaler interface to the event.
+//
+// This is the array version that accepts a slice of LogObjectMarshaler objects.
+func (e *Event) Objects(key string, objs []LogObjectMarshaler) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	e.buf = enc.AppendArrayStart(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key))
+	for i, obj := range objs {
+		e.buf = appendObject(e.buf, obj, e.stack, e.ctx, e.ch)
+		if i < (len(objs) - 1) {
+			e.buf = enc.AppendArrayDelim(e.buf)
+		}
+	}
+	e.buf = enc.AppendArrayEnd(e.buf)
+	return e
+}
+
+// ObjectsV adds the field key with objs as an array of objects that
+// implement the LogObjectMarshaler interface to the event.
+//
+// This is a variadic version that accepts a list of individual LogObjectMarshaler objects.
+func (e *Event) ObjectsV(key string, objs ...LogObjectMarshaler) *Event {
+	return e.Objects(key, objs)
+}
+
+// Func allows an anonymous func to run only if the event is enabled.
+func (e *Event) Func(f func(e *Event)) *Event {
+	if e != nil && e.Enabled() {
+		f(e)
+	}
+	return e
+}
+
+// EmbedObject marshals an object that implement the LogObjectMarshaler interface.
 func (e *Event) EmbedObject(obj LogObjectMarshaler) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
 	}
+	if obj == nil {
+		return e
+	}
 	obj.MarshalZerologObject(e)
 	return e
 }
@@ -220,6 +321,8 @@ func (e *Event) Str(key, val string) *Event {
 }
 
 // Strs adds the field key with vals as a []string to the *Event context.
+//
+// This is the array version that accepts a slice of string values.
 func (e *Event) Strs(key string, vals []string) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
@@ -228,6 +331,47 @@ func (e *Event) Strs(key string, vals []string) *Event {
 	return e
 }
 
+// StrsV adds the field key with vals as a []string to the *Event context.
+//
+// This is a variadic version that accepts a list of individual strings.
+func (e *Event) StrsV(key string, vals ...string) *Event {
+	return e.Strs(key, vals)
+}
+
+// Stringer adds the field key and a val to the *Event context.
+// If val is not nil, it is added by calling val.String().
+// If val is nil, it is encoded as null without calling String().
+func (e *Event) Stringer(key string, val fmt.Stringer) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	e.buf = enc.AppendStringer(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), val)
+	return e
+}
+
+// Stringers adds the field key with vals to the *Event context.
+// If a val is not nil, it is added by calling val.String().
+// If a val is nil, it is encoded as null without calling String().
+//
+// This is the array version that accepts a slice of fmt.Stringer values.
+func (e *Event) Stringers(key string, vals []fmt.Stringer) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	e.buf = enc.AppendStringers(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), vals)
+	return e
+}
+
+// StringersV adds the field key with vals to the *Event context.
+// If a val is not nil, it is added by calling val.String().
+// If a val is nil, it is encoded as null without calling String().
+//
+// This is a variadic version that accepts a list of individual
+// fmt.Stringer values.
+func (e *Event) StringersV(key string, vals ...fmt.Stringer) *Event {
+	return e.Stringers(key, vals)
+}
+
 // Bytes adds the field key with val as a string to the *Event context.
 //
 // Runes outside of normal ASCII ranges will be hex-encoded in the resulting
@@ -261,16 +405,33 @@ func (e *Event) RawJSON(key string, b []byte) *Event {
 	return e
 }
 
+// RawCBOR adds already encoded CBOR to the log line under key.
+//
+// No sanity check is performed on b
+// Note: The full featureset of CBOR is supported as data will not be mapped to json but stored as data-url
+func (e *Event) RawCBOR(key string, b []byte) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	e.buf = appendCBOR(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), b)
+	return e
+}
+
 // AnErr adds the field key with serialized err to the *Event context.
 // If err is nil, no field is added.
 func (e *Event) AnErr(key string, err error) *Event {
-	marshaled := ErrorMarshalFunc(err)
-	switch m := marshaled.(type) {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	switch m := ErrorMarshalFunc(err).(type) {
 	case nil:
 		return e
 	case LogObjectMarshaler:
 		return e.Object(key, m)
 	case error:
+		if isNilValue(m) {
+			return e
+		}
 		return e.Str(key, m.Error())
 	case string:
 		return e.Str(key, m)
@@ -285,32 +446,73 @@ func (e *Event) Errs(key string, errs []error) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
 	}
-
-	arr := Arr()
-	for _, err := range errs {
-		marshaled := ErrorMarshalFunc(err)
-		switch m := marshaled.(type) {
-		case LogObjectMarshaler:
-			arr = arr.Object(m)
-		case error:
-			arr = arr.Err(m)
-		case string:
-			arr = arr.Str(m)
-		default:
-			arr = arr.Interface(m)
-		}
-	}
-
+	arr := e.CreateArray().Errs(errs)
 	return e.Array(key, arr)
 }
 
 // Err adds the field "error" with serialized err to the *Event context.
 // If err is nil, no field is added.
+//
 // To customize the key name, change zerolog.ErrorFieldName.
+//
+// If Stack() has been called before and zerolog.ErrorStackMarshaler is defined,
+// the err is passed to ErrorStackMarshaler and the result is appended to the
+// zerolog.ErrorStackFieldName.
 func (e *Event) Err(err error) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+
+	if e.stack && ErrorStackMarshaler != nil {
+		switch m := ErrorStackMarshaler(err).(type) {
+		case nil:
+			return e
+		case LogObjectMarshaler:
+			e = e.Object(ErrorStackFieldName, m)
+		case error:
+			e = e.Str(ErrorStackFieldName, m.Error())
+		case string:
+			e = e.Str(ErrorStackFieldName, m)
+		default:
+			e = e.Interface(ErrorStackFieldName, m)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return e.AnErr(ErrorFieldName, err)
 }
 
+// Stack enables stack trace printing for the error passed to Err().
+//
+// ErrorStackMarshaler must be set for this method to do something.
+func (e *Event) Stack() *Event {
+	if e != nil {
+		e.stack = true
+	}
+	return e
+}
+
+// Ctx adds the Go Context to the *Event context.  The context is not rendered
+// in the output message, but is available to hooks and to Func() calls via the
+// GetCtx() accessor. A typical use case is to extract tracing information from
+// the Go Ctx.
+func (e *Event) Ctx(ctx context.Context) *Event {
+	if e != nil {
+		e.ctx = ctx
+	}
+	return e
+}
+
+// GetCtx retrieves the Go context.Context which is optionally stored in the
+// Event. This allows Hooks and functions passed to Func() to retrieve values
+// which are stored in the context.Context. This can be useful in tracing,
+// where span information is commonly propagated in the context.Context.
+func (e *Event) GetCtx() context.Context {
+	if e == nil || e.ctx == nil {
+		return context.Background()
+	}
+	return e.ctx
+}
+
 // Bool adds the field key with val as a bool to the *Event context.
 func (e *Event) Bool(key string, b bool) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
@@ -514,7 +716,7 @@ func (e *Event) Float32(key string, f float32) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
 	}
-	e.buf = enc.AppendFloat32(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), f)
+	e.buf = enc.AppendFloat32(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), f, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return e
 }
 
@@ -523,7 +725,7 @@ func (e *Event) Floats32(key string, f []float32) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
 	}
-	e.buf = enc.AppendFloats32(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), f)
+	e.buf = enc.AppendFloats32(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), f, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return e
 }
 
@@ -532,7 +734,7 @@ func (e *Event) Float64(key string, f float64) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
 	}
-	e.buf = enc.AppendFloat64(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), f)
+	e.buf = enc.AppendFloat64(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), f, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return e
 }
 
@@ -541,7 +743,7 @@ func (e *Event) Floats64(key string, f []float64) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
 	}
-	e.buf = enc.AppendFloats64(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), f)
+	e.buf = enc.AppendFloats64(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), f, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return e
 }
 
@@ -558,7 +760,7 @@ func (e *Event) Timestamp() *Event {
 	return e
 }
 
-// Time adds the field key with t formated as string using zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
+// Time adds the field key with t formatted as string using zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
 func (e *Event) Time(key string, t time.Time) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
@@ -567,7 +769,7 @@ func (e *Event) Time(key string, t time.Time) *Event {
 	return e
 }
 
-// Times adds the field key with t formated as string using zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
+// Times adds the field key with t formatted as string using zerolog.TimeFieldFormat.
 func (e *Event) Times(key string, t []time.Time) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
@@ -583,7 +785,7 @@ func (e *Event) Dur(key string, d time.Duration) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
 	}
-	e.buf = enc.AppendDuration(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldInteger)
+	e.buf = enc.AppendDuration(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldFormat, DurationFieldInteger, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return e
 }
 
@@ -594,7 +796,7 @@ func (e *Event) Durs(key string, d []time.Duration) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
 	}
-	e.buf = enc.AppendDurations(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldInteger)
+	e.buf = enc.AppendDurations(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldFormat, DurationFieldInteger, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return e
 }
 
@@ -609,10 +811,15 @@ func (e *Event) TimeDiff(key string, t time.Time, start time.Time) *Event {
 	if t.After(start) {
 		d = t.Sub(start)
 	}
-	e.buf = enc.AppendDuration(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldInteger)
+	e.buf = enc.AppendDuration(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), d, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldFormat, DurationFieldInteger, FloatingPointPrecision)
 	return e
 }
 
+// Any is a wrapper around Event.Interface.
+func (e *Event) Any(key string, i interface{}) *Event {
+	return e.Interface(key, i)
+}
+
 // Interface adds the field key with i marshaled using reflection.
 func (e *Event) Interface(key string, i interface{}) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
@@ -625,24 +832,47 @@ func (e *Event) Interface(key string, i interface{}) *Event {
 	return e
 }
 
+// Type adds the field key with val's type using reflection.
+func (e *Event) Type(key string, val interface{}) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	e.buf = enc.AppendType(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), val)
+	return e
+}
+
+// CallerSkipFrame instructs any future Caller calls to skip the specified number of frames.
+// This includes those added via hooks from the context.
+func (e *Event) CallerSkipFrame(skip int) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	e.skipFrame += skip
+	return e
+}
+
 // Caller adds the file:line of the caller with the zerolog.CallerFieldName key.
-func (e *Event) Caller() *Event {
-	return e.caller(CallerSkipFrameCount)
+// The argument skip is the number of stack frames to ascend
+// Skip If not passed, use the global variable CallerSkipFrameCount
+func (e *Event) Caller(skip ...int) *Event {
+	sk := CallerSkipFrameCount
+	if len(skip) > 0 {
+		sk = skip[0] + CallerSkipFrameCount
+	}
+	return e.caller(sk)
 }
 
 func (e *Event) caller(skip int) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
 	}
-	_, file, line, ok := runtime.Caller(skip)
-	if !ok {
-		return e
+	if pc, file, line, ok := runtime.Caller(skip + e.skipFrame); ok {
+		e.buf = enc.AppendString(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, CallerFieldName), CallerMarshalFunc(pc, file, line))
 	}
-	e.buf = enc.AppendString(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, CallerFieldName), file+":"+strconv.Itoa(line))
 	return e
 }
 
-// IPAddr adds IPv4 or IPv6 Address to the event
+// IPAddr adds the field key with ip as a net.IP IPv4 or IPv6 Address to the event
 func (e *Event) IPAddr(key string, ip net.IP) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
@@ -651,7 +881,16 @@ func (e *Event) IPAddr(key string, ip net.IP) *Event {
 	return e
 }
 
-// IPPrefix adds IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (address and mask) to the event
+// IPAddrs adds the field key with ip as a net.IP array of IPv4 or IPv6 Address to the event
+func (e *Event) IPAddrs(key string, ip []net.IP) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	e.buf = enc.AppendIPAddrs(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), ip)
+	return e
+}
+
+// IPPrefix adds the field key with pfx as a net.IPNet IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (address and mask) to the event
 func (e *Event) IPPrefix(key string, pfx net.IPNet) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e
@@ -660,7 +899,16 @@ func (e *Event) IPPrefix(key string, pfx net.IPNet) *Event {
 	return e
 }
 
-// MACAddr adds MAC address to the event
+// IPPrefixes the field key with pfx as a net.IPNet array of IPv4 or IPv6 Prefixes (address and mask) to the event
+func (e *Event) IPPrefixes(key string, pfx []net.IPNet) *Event {
+	if e == nil {
+		return e
+	}
+	e.buf = enc.AppendIPPrefixes(enc.AppendKey(e.buf, key), pfx)
+	return e
+}
+
+// MACAddr the field key with ha as a net.HardwareAddr MAC address to the event
 func (e *Event) MACAddr(key string, ha net.HardwareAddr) *Event {
 	if e == nil {
 		return e

event_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,727 @@
+//go:build !binary_log
+// +build !binary_log
+
+package zerolog
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type nilError struct{}
+
+func (nilError) Error() string {
+	return "nope"
+}
+
+func TestEvent_AnErr(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		err  error
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"nil", nil, `{}`},
+		{"error", errors.New("test"), `{"err":"test"}`},
+		{"nil interface", func() *nilError { return nil }(), `{}`},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var buf bytes.Buffer
+			e := newEvent(LevelWriterAdapter{&buf}, DebugLevel, false, nil, nil)
+			e = e.AnErr("err", tt.err)
+			err := e.write()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Event.AnErr() error: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			if got, want := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String()), tt.want; got != want {
+				t.Errorf("Event.AnErr() = %v, want %v", got, want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_writeWithNil(t *testing.T) {
+	var e *Event = nil
+	got := e.write()
+
+	var want *Event = nil
+	if got != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Event.write() = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+type loggableObject struct {
+	member string
+}
+
+func (o loggableObject) MarshalZerologObject(e *Event) {
+	e.Str("member", o.member)
+}
+
+func TestEvent_Object(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("ObjectWithNil", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		e := newEvent(LevelWriterAdapter{&buf}, DebugLevel, false, nil, nil)
+		e = e.Object("obj", nil)
+		err := e.write()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Event.Object() error: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		want := `{"obj":null}`
+		got := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String())
+		if got != want {
+			t.Errorf("Event.Object()\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("EmbedObjectWithNil", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		e := newEvent(LevelWriterAdapter{&buf}, DebugLevel, false, nil, nil)
+		e = e.EmbedObject(nil)
+		err := e.write()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Event.EmbedObject() error: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		want := "{}"
+		got := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String())
+		if got != want {
+			t.Errorf("Event.EmbedObject()\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+
+	type contextKeyType struct{}
+	var contextKey = contextKeyType{}
+
+	called := false
+	ctxHook := HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, message string) {
+		called = true
+		ctx := e.GetCtx()
+		if ctx == nil {
+			t.Errorf("expected context to be set in Event")
+		}
+		val := ctx.Value(contextKey)
+		if val == nil {
+			t.Errorf("expected context value, got %v", val)
+		}
+		e.Str("ctxValue", val.(string))
+		e.Bool("stackValue", e.stack)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("ObjectWithFullContext", func(t *testing.T) {
+		called = false
+		ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), contextKey, "ctx-object")
+
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		e := newEvent(LevelWriterAdapter{&buf}, DebugLevel, true, ctx, []Hook{ctxHook})
+		e = e.Object("obj", loggableObject{member: "object-value"})
+		e.Msg("hello")
+
+		if !called {
+			t.Errorf("hook was not called")
+		}
+
+		want := `{"obj":{"member":"object-value"},"ctxValue":"ctx-object","stackValue":true,"message":"hello"}`
+		got := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String())
+		if got != want {
+			t.Errorf("Event.EmbedObject()\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("EmbedObjectWithFullContext", func(t *testing.T) {
+		called = false
+		ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), contextKey, "ctx-embed")
+
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		e := newEvent(LevelWriterAdapter{&buf}, DebugLevel, false, ctx, []Hook{ctxHook})
+		e = e.EmbedObject(loggableObject{member: "embedded-value"})
+		e.Msg("hello")
+
+		if !called {
+			t.Errorf("hook was not called")
+		}
+
+		want := `{"member":"embedded-value","ctxValue":"ctx-embed","stackValue":false,"message":"hello"}`
+		got := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String())
+		if got != want {
+			t.Errorf("Event.EmbedObject()\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestEvent_WithNilEvent(t *testing.T) {
+	// coverage for nil Event receiver for all types
+	var e *Event = nil
+
+	fixtures := makeFieldFixtures()
+	types := map[string]func() *Event{
+		"Array": func() *Event {
+			arr := e.CreateArray()
+			return e.Array("k", arr)
+		},
+		"Bool": func() *Event {
+			return e.Bool("k", fixtures.Bools[0])
+		},
+		"Bools": func() *Event {
+			return e.Bools("k", fixtures.Bools)
+		},
+		"Fields": func() *Event {
+			return e.Fields(fixtures)
+		},
+		"Int": func() *Event {
+			return e.Int("k", fixtures.Ints[0])
+		},
+		"Ints": func() *Event {
+			return e.Ints("k", fixtures.Ints)
+		},
+		"Int8": func() *Event {
+			return e.Int8("k", fixtures.Ints8[0])
+		},
+		"Ints8": func() *Event {
+			return e.Ints8("k", fixtures.Ints8)
+		},
+		"Int16": func() *Event {
+			return e.Int16("k", fixtures.Ints16[0])
+		},
+		"Ints16": func() *Event {
+			return e.Ints16("k", fixtures.Ints16)
+		},
+		"Int32": func() *Event {
+			return e.Int32("k", fixtures.Ints32[0])
+		},
+		"Ints32": func() *Event {
+			return e.Ints32("k", fixtures.Ints32)
+		},
+		"Int64": func() *Event {
+			return e.Int64("k", fixtures.Ints64[0])
+		},
+		"Ints64": func() *Event {
+			return e.Ints64("k", fixtures.Ints64)
+		},
+		"Uint": func() *Event {
+			return e.Uint("k", fixtures.Uints[0])
+		},
+		"Uints": func() *Event {
+			return e.Uints("k", fixtures.Uints)
+		},
+		"Uint8": func() *Event {
+			return e.Uint8("k", fixtures.Uints8[0])
+		},
+		"Uints8": func() *Event {
+			return e.Uints8("k", fixtures.Uints8)
+		},
+		"Uint16": func() *Event {
+			return e.Uint16("k", fixtures.Uints16[0])
+		},
+		"Uints16": func() *Event {
+			return e.Uints16("k", fixtures.Uints16)
+		},
+		"Uint32": func() *Event {
+			return e.Uint32("k", fixtures.Uints32[0])
+		},
+		"Uints32": func() *Event {
+			return e.Uints32("k", fixtures.Uints32)
+		},
+		"Uint64": func() *Event {
+			return e.Uint64("k", fixtures.Uints64[0])
+		},
+		"Uints64": func() *Event {
+			return e.Uints64("k", fixtures.Uints64)
+		},
+		"Float64": func() *Event {
+			return e.Float64("k", fixtures.Floats64[0])
+		},
+		"Floats64": func() *Event {
+			return e.Floats64("k", fixtures.Floats64)
+		},
+		"Float32": func() *Event {
+			return e.Float32("k", fixtures.Floats32[0])
+		},
+		"Floats32": func() *Event {
+			return e.Floats32("k", fixtures.Floats32)
+		},
+		"RawCBOR": func() *Event {
+			return e.RawCBOR("k", fixtures.RawCBOR)
+		},
+		"RawJSON": func() *Event {
+			return e.RawJSON("k", fixtures.RawJSONs[0])
+		},
+		"Str": func() *Event {
+			return e.Str("k", fixtures.Strings[0])
+		},
+		"Strs": func() *Event {
+			return e.Strs("k", fixtures.Strings)
+		},
+		"StrsV": func() *Event {
+			return e.StrsV("k", fixtures.Strings...)
+		},
+		"Stringers": func() *Event {
+			return e.Stringers("k", fixtures.Stringers)
+		},
+		"StringersV": func() *Event {
+			return e.StringersV("k", fixtures.Stringers...)
+		},
+		"Err": func() *Event {
+			return e.Err(fixtures.Errs[0])
+		},
+		"Errs": func() *Event {
+			return e.Errs("k", fixtures.Errs)
+		},
+		"Ctx": func() *Event {
+			return e.Ctx(fixtures.Ctx)
+		},
+		"Time": func() *Event {
+			return e.Time("k", fixtures.Times[0])
+		},
+		"Times": func() *Event {
+			return e.Times("k", fixtures.Times)
+		},
+		"Dict": func() *Event {
+			d := e.CreateDict()
+			d.Str("greeting", "hello")
+			return e.Dict("k", d)
+		},
+		"Dur": func() *Event {
+			return e.Dur("k", fixtures.Durations[0])
+		},
+		"Durs": func() *Event {
+			return e.Durs("k", fixtures.Durations)
+		},
+		"Interface": func() *Event {
+			return e.Interface("k", fixtures.Interfaces[0])
+		},
+		"Interfaces": func() *Event {
+			return e.Interface("k", fixtures.Interfaces)
+		},
+		"Interface(Object)": func() *Event {
+			return e.Interface("k", fixtures.Objects[0])
+		},
+		"Interface(Objects)": func() *Event {
+			return e.Interface("k", fixtures.Objects)
+		},
+		"Object": func() *Event {
+			return e.Object("k", fixtures.Objects[0])
+		},
+		"Objects": func() *Event {
+			return e.Objects("k", fixtures.Objects)
+		},
+		"ObjectsV": func() *Event {
+			return e.ObjectsV("k", fixtures.Objects...)
+		},
+		"EmbedObject": func() *Event {
+			return e.EmbedObject(fixtures.Objects[0])
+		},
+		"Timestamp": func() *Event {
+			return e.Timestamp()
+		},
+		"IPAddr": func() *Event {
+			return e.IPAddr("k", fixtures.IPAddrs[0])
+		},
+		"IPAddrs": func() *Event {
+			return e.IPAddrs("k", fixtures.IPAddrs)
+		},
+		"IPPrefix": func() *Event {
+			return e.IPPrefix("k", fixtures.IPPfxs[0])
+		},
+		"IPPrefixes": func() *Event {
+			return e.IPPrefixes("k", fixtures.IPPfxs)
+		},
+		"MACAddr": func() *Event {
+			return e.MACAddr("k", fixtures.MACAddr)
+		},
+		"Type": func() *Event {
+			return e.Type("k", fixtures.Type)
+		},
+		"Caller": func() *Event {
+			return e.Caller(1)
+		},
+		"CallerSkip": func() *Event {
+			return e.CallerSkipFrame(2)
+		},
+		"Stack": func() *Event {
+			return e.Stack()
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name := range types {
+		f := types[name]
+		if got := f(); got != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Event.Bool() = %v, want %v", got, nil)
+		}
+	}
+
+	e.Send()
+	e.Msg("nothing")
+	e.Msgf("what %s", "nothing")
+
+	got := e.write()
+	if got != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Event.write() = %v, want %v", got, e)
+	}
+
+	called := false
+	e.MsgFunc(func() string {
+		called = true
+		return "called"
+	})
+	if called {
+		t.Errorf("Event.MsgFunc() should not be called on nil Event")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_MsgFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	e := newEvent(LevelWriterAdapter{&buf}, DebugLevel, false, nil, nil)
+
+	called := false
+	e.MsgFunc(func() string {
+		called = true
+		return "called"
+	})
+	if !called {
+		t.Errorf("Event.MsgFunc() was not called on non-nil Event")
+	}
+
+	want := `{"message":"called"}`
+	got := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String())
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.MsgFunc() = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_CallerRuntimeFail(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	e := newEvent(LevelWriterAdapter{&buf}, DebugLevel, false, nil, nil)
+
+	// Set a very large skipFrame to make runtime.Caller fail
+	e.CallerSkipFrame(1000)
+	e.Caller()
+
+	e.Msg("test")
+
+	got := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String())
+	want := `{"message":"test"}` // No caller field because runtime.Caller failed
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.Caller() with failed runtime.Caller = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_DoneHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newEvent(nil, InfoLevel, false, nil, nil)
+
+	// Set up a done handler to capture calls
+	var called bool
+	var capturedMsg string
+	e.done = func(msg string) {
+		called = true
+		capturedMsg = msg
+	}
+
+	// Trigger msg via Msg
+	e.Msg("test message")
+
+	// Assert the handler was called with the correct message
+	if !called {
+		t.Error("Done handler was not called")
+	}
+	if capturedMsg != "test message" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected message 'test message', got '%s'", capturedMsg)
+	}
+}
+
+type badLevelWriter struct {
+	err error
+}
+
+func (w *badLevelWriter) WriteLevel(level Level, p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	return 0, w.err
+}
+
+func (w *badLevelWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	return 0, w.err
+}
+
+func TestEvent_Msg_ErrorHandlerNil(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original ErrorHandler and restore after test
+	originalErrorHandler := ErrorHandler
+	ErrorHandler = nil
+	defer func() { ErrorHandler = originalErrorHandler }()
+
+	// Create a LevelWriter that always returns an error
+	mockWriter := &badLevelWriter{err: errors.New("write error")}
+
+	e := newEvent(mockWriter, InfoLevel, false, nil, nil)
+	if e == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Event should not be nil")
+	}
+
+	// Capture stderr
+	oldStderr := os.Stderr
+	r, w, err := os.Pipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	os.Stderr = w
+
+	// Call Msg to trigger write error
+	e.Msg("test message")
+
+	// Restore stderr and read captured output
+	w.Close()
+	os.Stderr = oldStderr
+	captured, err := io.ReadAll(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Assert the error message was printed to stderr
+	expected := "zerolog: could not write event: write error\n"
+	if string(captured) != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Expected stderr output %q, got %q", expected, string(captured))
+	}
+}
+
+type mockLogObjectMarshaler struct {
+	data string
+}
+
+func (m mockLogObjectMarshaler) MarshalZerologObject(e *Event) {
+	e.Str("stack_func", m.data)
+}
+
+func TestEvent_ErrWithStackMarshaler(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return "stack-trace"
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf)
+
+	err := errors.New("test error")
+	log.Log().Stack().Err(err).Msg("test message")
+
+	got := buf.String()
+	want := `{"stack":"stack-trace","error":"test error","message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.Err() with stack marshaler = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_FieldsWithErrorAndStackMarshaler(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return "stack-trace"
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf)
+
+	err := errors.New("test error")
+	log.Log().Stack().Fields([]interface{}{"error", err}).Msg("test message")
+
+	got := buf.String()
+	want := `{"error":"test error","stack":"stack-trace","message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.Fields() with error and stack marshaler = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_FieldsWithErrorAndStackMarshalerObject(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler that returns LogObjectMarshaler
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return mockLogObjectMarshaler{data: "stack-data"}
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf)
+
+	err := errors.New("test error")
+	log.Log().Stack().Fields([]interface{}{"error", err}).Msg("test message")
+
+	got := buf.String()
+	want := `{"error":"test error","stack":{"stack_func":"stack-data"},"message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.Fields() with error and stack marshaler object = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_FieldsWithErrorAndStackMarshalerError(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler that returns an error
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return errors.New("stack error")
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf)
+
+	err := errors.New("test error")
+	log.Log().Stack().Fields([]interface{}{"error", err}).Msg("test message")
+
+	got := buf.String()
+	want := `{"error":"test error","stack":"stack error","message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.Fields() with error and stack marshaler error = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_FieldsWithErrorAndStackMarshalerInterface(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler that returns an int
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return 42
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf)
+
+	err := errors.New("test error")
+	log.Log().Stack().Fields([]interface{}{"error", err}).Msg("test message")
+
+	got := buf.String()
+	want := `{"error":"test error","stack":42,"message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.Fields() with error and stack marshaler interface = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_FieldsWithErrorAndStackMarshalerNil(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set marshaler to return nil
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf)
+
+	err := errors.New("test error")
+	log.Log().Stack().Fields([]interface{}{"error", err}).Msg("test message")
+
+	got := buf.String()
+	want := `{"error":"test error","message":"test message"}` + "\n" // No stack field because marshaler returned nil
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.Fields() with error and nil stack marshaler = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_ErrWithStackMarshalerObject(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler that returns LogObjectMarshaler
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return mockLogObjectMarshaler{data: "stack-data"}
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf)
+
+	err := errors.New("test error")
+	log.Log().Stack().Err(err).Msg("test message")
+
+	got := buf.String()
+	want := `{"stack":{"stack_func":"stack-data"},"error":"test error","message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.Err() with stack marshaler object = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_ErrWithStackMarshalerError(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler that returns an error
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return errors.New("stack error")
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf)
+
+	err := errors.New("test error")
+	log.Log().Stack().Err(err).Msg("test message")
+
+	got := buf.String()
+	want := `{"stack":"stack error","error":"test error","message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.Err() with stack marshaler error = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_ErrWithStackMarshalerInterface(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set a mock marshaler that returns an int
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return 42
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf)
+
+	err := errors.New("test error")
+	log.Log().Stack().Err(err).Msg("test message")
+
+	got := buf.String()
+	want := `{"stack":42,"error":"test error","message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.Err() with stack marshaler interface = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEvent_ErrWithStackMarshalerNil(t *testing.T) {
+	// Save original
+	original := ErrorStackMarshaler
+	defer func() { ErrorStackMarshaler = original }()
+
+	// Set marshaler to return nil
+	ErrorStackMarshaler = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	log := New(&buf)
+
+	err := errors.New("test error")
+	log.Log().Stack().Err(err).Msg("test message")
+
+	got := buf.String()
+	want := `{"message":"test message"}` + "\n" // No fields because stack marshaler returned nil
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Event.Err() with nil stack marshaler = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}

example.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{"time":"5:41PM","level":"info","message":"Starting listener","listen":":8080","pid":37556}
+{"time":"5:41PM","level":"debug","message":"Access","database":"myapp","host":"localhost:4962","pid":37556}
+{"time":"5:41PM","level":"info","message":"Access","method":"GET","path":"/users","pid":37556,"resp_time":23}
+{"time":"5:41PM","level":"info","message":"Access","method":"POST","path":"/posts","pid":37556,"resp_time":532}
+{"time":"5:41PM","level":"warn","message":"Slow request","method":"POST","path":"/posts","pid":37556,"resp_time":532}
+{"time":"5:41PM","level":"info","message":"Access","method":"GET","path":"/users","pid":37556,"resp_time":10}
+{"time":"5:41PM","level":"error","message":"Database connection lost","database":"myapp","pid":37556,"error":"connection reset by peer"}

fields.go

@@ -1,26 +1,61 @@
 package zerolog
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
 	"net"
+	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"time"
 )
 
-func appendFields(dst []byte, fields map[string]interface{}) []byte {
-	keys := make([]string, 0, len(fields))
-	for key := range fields {
-		keys = append(keys, key)
+func isNilValue(e error) bool {
+	switch reflect.TypeOf(e).Kind() {
+	case reflect.Ptr:
+		return reflect.ValueOf(e).IsNil()
+	default:
+		return false
 	}
-	sort.Strings(keys)
-	for _, key := range keys {
-		dst = enc.AppendKey(dst, key)
-		val := fields[key]
-		if val, ok := val.(LogObjectMarshaler); ok {
-			e := newEvent(nil, 0)
-			e.buf = e.buf[:0]
-			e.appendObject(val)
-			dst = append(dst, e.buf...)
-			putEvent(e)
+}
+
+func appendFields(dst []byte, fields interface{}, stack bool, ctx context.Context, hooks []Hook) []byte {
+	switch fields := fields.(type) {
+	case []interface{}:
+		if n := len(fields); n&0x1 == 1 { // odd number
+			fields = fields[:n-1]
+		}
+		dst = appendFieldList(dst, fields, stack, ctx, hooks)
+	case map[string]interface{}:
+		keys := make([]string, 0, len(fields))
+		for key := range fields {
+			keys = append(keys, key)
+		}
+		sort.Strings(keys)
+		kv := make([]interface{}, 2)
+		for _, key := range keys {
+			kv[0], kv[1] = key, fields[key]
+			dst = appendFieldList(dst, kv, stack, ctx, hooks)
+		}
+	}
+	return dst
+}
+
+func appendObject(dst []byte, obj LogObjectMarshaler, stack bool, ctx context.Context, hooks []Hook) []byte {
+	e := newEvent(LevelWriterAdapter{io.Discard}, DebugLevel, stack, ctx, hooks)
+	e.buf = e.buf[:0] // discard the beginning marker added by newEvent
+	e.appendObject(obj)
+	dst = append(dst, e.buf...)
+	putEvent(e)
+	return dst
+}
+
+func appendFieldList(dst []byte, kvList []interface{}, stack bool, ctx context.Context, hooks []Hook) []byte {
+	for i, n := 0, len(kvList); i < n; i += 2 {
+		key, val := kvList[i], kvList[i+1]
+		if key, ok := key.(string); ok {
+			dst = enc.AppendKey(dst, key)
+		} else {
 			continue
 		}
 		switch val := val.(type) {
@@ -29,34 +64,51 @@ func appendFields(dst []byte, fields map[string]interface{}) []byte {
 		case []byte:
 			dst = enc.AppendBytes(dst, val)
 		case error:
-			marshaled := ErrorMarshalFunc(val)
-			switch m := marshaled.(type) {
+			switch m := ErrorMarshalFunc(val).(type) {
+			case nil:
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
 			case LogObjectMarshaler:
-				e := newEvent(nil, 0)
-				e.buf = e.buf[:0]
-				e.appendObject(m)
-				dst = append(dst, e.buf...)
-				putEvent(e)
+				dst = appendObject(dst, m, stack, ctx, hooks)
 			case error:
-				dst = enc.AppendString(dst, m.Error())
+				if !isNilValue(m) {
+					dst = enc.AppendString(dst, m.Error())
+				}
 			case string:
 				dst = enc.AppendString(dst, m)
 			default:
 				dst = enc.AppendInterface(dst, m)
 			}
+
+			if stack && ErrorStackMarshaler != nil {
+				switch m := ErrorStackMarshaler(val).(type) {
+				case nil:
+					return dst // do nothing with nil errors
+				case LogObjectMarshaler:
+					dst = enc.AppendKey(dst, ErrorStackFieldName)
+					dst = appendObject(dst, m, stack, ctx, hooks)
+				case error:
+					dst = enc.AppendKey(dst, ErrorStackFieldName)
+					dst = enc.AppendString(dst, m.Error())
+				case string:
+					dst = enc.AppendKey(dst, ErrorStackFieldName)
+					dst = enc.AppendString(dst, m)
+				default:
+					dst = enc.AppendKey(dst, ErrorStackFieldName)
+					dst = enc.AppendInterface(dst, m)
+				}
+			}
 		case []error:
 			dst = enc.AppendArrayStart(dst)
 			for i, err := range val {
-				marshaled := ErrorMarshalFunc(err)
-				switch m := marshaled.(type) {
+				switch m := ErrorMarshalFunc(err).(type) {
+				case nil:
+					dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
 				case LogObjectMarshaler:
-					e := newEvent(nil, 0)
-					e.buf = e.buf[:0]
-					e.appendObject(m)
-					dst = append(dst, e.buf...)
-					putEvent(e)
+					dst = appendObject(dst, m, stack, ctx, hooks)
 				case error:
-					dst = enc.AppendString(dst, m.Error())
+					if !isNilValue(m) {
+						dst = enc.AppendString(dst, m.Error())
+					}
 				case string:
 					dst = enc.AppendString(dst, m)
 				default:
@@ -64,7 +116,16 @@ func appendFields(dst []byte, fields map[string]interface{}) []byte {
 				}
 
 				if i < (len(val) - 1) {
-					enc.AppendArrayDelim(dst)
+					dst = enc.AppendArrayDelim(dst)
+				}
+			}
+			dst = enc.AppendArrayEnd(dst)
+		case []LogObjectMarshaler:
+			dst = enc.AppendArrayStart(dst)
+			for i, obj := range val {
+				dst = appendObject(dst, obj, stack, ctx, hooks)
+				if i < (len(val) - 1) {
+					dst = enc.AppendArrayDelim(dst)
 				}
 			}
 			dst = enc.AppendArrayEnd(dst)
@@ -91,45 +152,109 @@ func appendFields(dst []byte, fields map[string]interface{}) []byte {
 		case uint64:
 			dst = enc.AppendUint64(dst, val)
 		case float32:
-			dst = enc.AppendFloat32(dst, val)
+			dst = enc.AppendFloat32(dst, val, FloatingPointPrecision)
 		case float64:
-			dst = enc.AppendFloat64(dst, val)
+			dst = enc.AppendFloat64(dst, val, FloatingPointPrecision)
 		case time.Time:
 			dst = enc.AppendTime(dst, val, TimeFieldFormat)
 		case time.Duration:
-			dst = enc.AppendDuration(dst, val, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldInteger)
+			dst = enc.AppendDuration(dst, val, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldFormat, DurationFieldInteger, FloatingPointPrecision)
 		case *string:
-			dst = enc.AppendString(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendString(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *bool:
-			dst = enc.AppendBool(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendBool(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *int:
-			dst = enc.AppendInt(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendInt(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *int8:
-			dst = enc.AppendInt8(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendInt8(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *int16:
-			dst = enc.AppendInt16(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendInt16(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *int32:
-			dst = enc.AppendInt32(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendInt32(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *int64:
-			dst = enc.AppendInt64(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendInt64(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *uint:
-			dst = enc.AppendUint(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendUint(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *uint8:
-			dst = enc.AppendUint8(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendUint8(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *uint16:
-			dst = enc.AppendUint16(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendUint16(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *uint32:
-			dst = enc.AppendUint32(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendUint32(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *uint64:
-			dst = enc.AppendUint64(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendUint64(dst, *val)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *float32:
-			dst = enc.AppendFloat32(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendFloat32(dst, *val, FloatingPointPrecision)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *float64:
-			dst = enc.AppendFloat64(dst, *val)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendFloat64(dst, *val, FloatingPointPrecision)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *time.Time:
-			dst = enc.AppendTime(dst, *val, TimeFieldFormat)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendTime(dst, *val, TimeFieldFormat)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case *time.Duration:
-			dst = enc.AppendDuration(dst, *val, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldInteger)
+			if val != nil {
+				dst = enc.AppendDuration(dst, *val, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldFormat, DurationFieldInteger, FloatingPointPrecision)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
+			}
 		case []string:
 			dst = enc.AppendStrings(dst, val)
 		case []bool:
@@ -146,8 +271,7 @@ func appendFields(dst []byte, fields map[string]interface{}) []byte {
 			dst = enc.AppendInts64(dst, val)
 		case []uint:
 			dst = enc.AppendUints(dst, val)
-		// case []uint8:
-		// 	dst = enc.AppendUints8(dst, val)
+		// case []uint8: is handled as []byte above
 		case []uint16:
 			dst = enc.AppendUints16(dst, val)
 		case []uint32:
@@ -155,23 +279,33 @@ func appendFields(dst []byte, fields map[string]interface{}) []byte {
 		case []uint64:
 			dst = enc.AppendUints64(dst, val)
 		case []float32:
-			dst = enc.AppendFloats32(dst, val)
+			dst = enc.AppendFloats32(dst, val, FloatingPointPrecision)
 		case []float64:
-			dst = enc.AppendFloats64(dst, val)
+			dst = enc.AppendFloats64(dst, val, FloatingPointPrecision)
 		case []time.Time:
 			dst = enc.AppendTimes(dst, val, TimeFieldFormat)
 		case []time.Duration:
-			dst = enc.AppendDurations(dst, val, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldInteger)
+			dst = enc.AppendDurations(dst, val, DurationFieldUnit, DurationFieldFormat, DurationFieldInteger, FloatingPointPrecision)
 		case nil:
 			dst = enc.AppendNil(dst)
 		case net.IP:
 			dst = enc.AppendIPAddr(dst, val)
+		case []net.IP:
+			dst = enc.AppendIPAddrs(dst, val)
 		case net.IPNet:
 			dst = enc.AppendIPPrefix(dst, val)
+		case []net.IPNet:
+			dst = enc.AppendIPPrefixes(dst, val)
 		case net.HardwareAddr:
 			dst = enc.AppendMACAddr(dst, val)
+		case json.RawMessage:
+			dst = appendJSON(dst, val)
 		default:
-			dst = enc.AppendInterface(dst, val)
+			if lom, ok := val.(LogObjectMarshaler); ok {
+				dst = appendObject(dst, lom, stack, ctx, hooks)
+			} else {
+				dst = enc.AppendInterface(dst, val)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return dst

fixtures_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+package zerolog
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"reflect"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type fixtureObj struct {
+	Pub  string
+	Tag  string `json:"tag"`
+	priv int
+}
+
+func (o fixtureObj) MarshalZerologObject(e *Event) {
+	e.Str("Pub", o.Pub).
+		Str("Tag", o.Tag).
+		Int("priv", o.priv)
+}
+
+type fieldFixtures struct {
+	Bools      []bool
+	Bytes      []byte
+	Ctx        context.Context
+	Durations  []time.Duration
+	Errs       []error
+	Floats32   []float32
+	Floats64   []float64
+	Interfaces []struct {
+		Pub  string
+		Tag  string `json:"tag"`
+		priv int
+	}
+	Ints      []int
+	Ints8     []int8
+	Ints16    []int16
+	Ints32    []int32
+	Ints64    []int64
+	Uints     []uint
+	Uints8    []uint8
+	Uints16   []uint16
+	Uints32   []uint32
+	Uints64   []uint64
+	IPAddrs   []net.IP
+	IPPfxs    []net.IPNet
+	MACAddr   net.HardwareAddr
+	Objects   []LogObjectMarshaler
+	RawCBOR   []byte
+	RawJSONs  [][]byte
+	Stringers []fmt.Stringer
+	Strings   []string
+	Times     []time.Time
+	Type      reflect.Type
+}
+
+func makeFieldFixtures() *fieldFixtures {
+	bools := []bool{true, false, true, false, true, false, true, false, true, false}
+	bytes := []byte(`abcdef`)
+	ints := []int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
+	ints8 := []int8{-8, 8}
+	ints16 := []int16{-16, 16}
+	ints32 := []int32{-32, 32}
+	ints64 := []int64{-64, 64}
+	uints := []uint{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
+	uints8 := []uint8{8, uint8(^uint8(0))}
+	uints16 := []uint16{16, uint16(^uint16(0))}
+	uints32 := []uint32{32, uint32(^uint32(0))}
+	uints64 := []uint64{64, uint64(^uint64(0))}
+	floats32 := []float32{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
+	floats64 := []float64{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
+	strings := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j"}
+	durations := []time.Duration{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
+	times := []time.Time{
+		time.Unix(0, 0),
+		time.Unix(1, 0),
+		time.Unix(2, 0),
+		time.Unix(3, 0),
+		time.Unix(4, 0),
+		time.Unix(5, 0),
+		time.Unix(6, 0),
+		time.Unix(7, 0),
+		time.Unix(8, 0),
+		time.Unix(9, 0),
+	}
+	interfaces := []struct {
+		Pub  string
+		Tag  string `json:"tag"`
+		priv int
+	}{
+		{"A", "j", -5},
+		{"B", "i", -4},
+		{"C", "h", -3},
+		{"D", "g", -2},
+		{"E", "f", -1},
+		{"F", "e", 0},
+		{"G", "d", 1},
+		{"H", "c", 2},
+		{"I", "b", 3},
+		{"J", "a", 4},
+	}
+	objects := []LogObjectMarshaler{
+		fixtureObj{"a", "z", 1},
+		fixtureObj{"b", "y", 2},
+		fixtureObj{"c", "x", 3},
+		fixtureObj{"d", "w", 4},
+		fixtureObj{"e", "v", 5},
+		fixtureObj{"f", "u", 6},
+		fixtureObj{"g", "t", 7},
+		fixtureObj{"h", "s", 8},
+		fixtureObj{"i", "r", 9},
+		fixtureObj{"j", "q", 10},
+	}
+	ipAddrV4 := net.IP{192, 168, 0, 1}
+	ipAddrV6 := net.IP{0x20, 0x01, 0x0d, 0xb8, 0x85, 0xa3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x8a, 0x2e, 0x03, 0x70, 0x73, 0x34}
+	ipAddrs := []net.IP{ipAddrV4, ipAddrV6, ipAddrV4, ipAddrV6, ipAddrV4, ipAddrV6, ipAddrV4, ipAddrV6, ipAddrV4, ipAddrV6}
+	ipPfxV4 := net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{192, 168, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(24, 32)}
+	ipPfxV6 := net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{0x20, 0x01, 0x0d, 0xb8, 0x85, 0xa3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x8a, 0x2e, 0x03, 0x70, 0x73, 0x00}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(64, 128)}
+	ipPfxs := []net.IPNet{ipPfxV4, ipPfxV6, ipPfxV4, ipPfxV6, ipPfxV4, ipPfxV6, ipPfxV4, ipPfxV6, ipPfxV4, ipPfxV6}
+	macAddr := net.HardwareAddr{0x00, 0x1A, 0x2B, 0x3C, 0x4D, 0x5E}
+	errs := []error{errors.New("a"), errors.New("b"), errors.New("c"), errors.New("d"), errors.New("e"), nil, loggableError{fmt.Errorf("oops")}}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	stringers := []fmt.Stringer{ipAddrs[0], durations[0]}
+	rawJSONs := [][]byte{[]byte(`{"some":"json"}`), []byte(`{"longer":[1111,2222,3333,4444,5555]}`)}
+	rawCBOR := []byte{0xA1, 0x64, 0x73, 0x6F, 0x6D, 0x65, 0x64, 0x61, 0x74, 0x61} // {"some":"data"}
+
+	return &fieldFixtures{
+		Bools:      bools,
+		Bytes:      bytes,
+		Ctx:        ctx,
+		Durations:  durations,
+		Errs:       errs,
+		Floats32:   floats32,
+		Floats64:   floats64,
+		Interfaces: interfaces,
+		Ints:       ints,
+		Ints8:      ints8,
+		Ints16:     ints16,
+		Ints32:     ints32,
+		Ints64:     ints64,
+		Uints:      uints,
+		Uints8:     uints8,
+		Uints16:    uints16,
+		Uints32:    uints32,
+		Uints64:    uints64,
+		IPAddrs:    ipAddrs,
+		IPPfxs:     ipPfxs,
+		MACAddr:    macAddr,
+		Objects:    objects,
+		RawCBOR:    rawCBOR,
+		RawJSONs:   rawJSONs,
+		Stringers:  stringers,
+		Strings:    strings,
+		Times:      times,
+		Type:       reflect.TypeOf(12345),
+	}
+}

globals.go

@@ -1,7 +1,40 @@
 package zerolog
 
-import "time"
-import "sync/atomic"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	// TimeFormatUnix defines a time format that makes time fields to be
+	// serialized as Unix timestamp integers.
+	TimeFormatUnix = ""
+
+	// TimeFormatUnixMs defines a time format that makes time fields to be
+	// serialized as Unix timestamp integers in milliseconds.
+	TimeFormatUnixMs = "UNIXMS"
+
+	// TimeFormatUnixMicro defines a time format that makes time fields to be
+	// serialized as Unix timestamp integers in microseconds.
+	TimeFormatUnixMicro = "UNIXMICRO"
+
+	// TimeFormatUnixNano defines a time format that makes time fields to be
+	// serialized as Unix timestamp integers in nanoseconds.
+	TimeFormatUnixNano = "UNIXNANO"
+
+	// DurationFormatFloat defines a format for Duration fields that makes duration fields to be
+	// serialized as floating point numbers.
+	DurationFormatFloat = "float"
+	// DurationFormatInt defines a format for Duration fields that makes duration fields to be
+	// serialized as integers.
+	DurationFormatInt = "int"
+	// DurationFormatString defines a format for Duration fields that makes duration fields to be
+	// serialized as string.
+	DurationFormatString = "string"
+)
 
 var (
 	// TimestampFieldName is the field name used for the timestamp field.
@@ -10,6 +43,26 @@ var (
 	// LevelFieldName is the field name used for the level field.
 	LevelFieldName = "level"
 
+	// LevelTraceValue is the value used for the trace level field.
+	LevelTraceValue = "trace"
+	// LevelDebugValue is the value used for the debug level field.
+	LevelDebugValue = "debug"
+	// LevelInfoValue is the value used for the info level field.
+	LevelInfoValue = "info"
+	// LevelWarnValue is the value used for the warn level field.
+	LevelWarnValue = "warn"
+	// LevelErrorValue is the value used for the error level field.
+	LevelErrorValue = "error"
+	// LevelFatalValue is the value used for the fatal level field.
+	LevelFatalValue = "fatal"
+	// LevelPanicValue is the value used for the panic level field.
+	LevelPanicValue = "panic"
+
+	// LevelFieldMarshalFunc allows customization of global level field marshaling.
+	LevelFieldMarshalFunc = func(l Level) string {
+		return l.String()
+	}
+
 	// MessageFieldName is the field name used for the message field.
 	MessageFieldName = "message"
 
@@ -22,26 +75,110 @@ var (
 	// CallerSkipFrameCount is the number of stack frames to skip to find the caller.
 	CallerSkipFrameCount = 2
 
-	// TimeFieldFormat defines the time format of the Time field type.
-	// If set to an empty string, the time is formatted as an UNIX timestamp
-	// as integer.
+	// CallerMarshalFunc allows customization of global caller marshaling
+	CallerMarshalFunc = func(pc uintptr, file string, line int) string {
+		return file + ":" + strconv.Itoa(line)
+	}
+
+	// ErrorStackFieldName is the field name used for error stacks.
+	ErrorStackFieldName = "stack"
+
+	// ErrorStackMarshaler extract the stack from err if any.
+	ErrorStackMarshaler func(err error) interface{}
+
+	// ErrorMarshalFunc allows customization of global error marshaling
+	ErrorMarshalFunc = func(err error) interface{} {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// InterfaceMarshalFunc allows customization of interface marshaling.
+	// Default: "encoding/json.Marshal" with disabled HTML escaping
+	InterfaceMarshalFunc = func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		encoder := json.NewEncoder(&buf)
+		encoder.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+		err := encoder.Encode(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		b := buf.Bytes()
+		if len(b) > 0 {
+			// Remove trailing \n which is added by Encode.
+			return b[:len(b)-1], nil
+		}
+		return b, nil
+	}
+
+	// TimeFieldFormat defines the time format of the Time field type. If set to
+	// TimeFormatUnix, TimeFormatUnixMs, TimeFormatUnixMicro or TimeFormatUnixNano, the time is formatted as a UNIX
+	// timestamp as integer.
 	TimeFieldFormat = time.RFC3339
 
 	// TimestampFunc defines the function called to generate a timestamp.
 	TimestampFunc = time.Now
 
+	// DurationFieldFormat defines the format of the Duration field type.
+	DurationFieldFormat = DurationFormatFloat
+
 	// DurationFieldUnit defines the unit for time.Duration type fields added
 	// using the Dur method.
 	DurationFieldUnit = time.Millisecond
 
 	// DurationFieldInteger renders Dur fields as integer instead of float if
 	// set to true.
+	// Deprecated: use DurationFieldFormat with DurationFormatInt instead.
 	DurationFieldInteger = false
+
+	// ErrorHandler is called whenever zerolog fails to write an event on its
+	// output. If not set, an error is printed on the stderr. This handler must
+	// be thread safe and non-blocking.
+	ErrorHandler func(err error)
+
+	// FatalExitFunc is called by log.Fatal() instead of os.Exit(1). If not set,
+	// os.Exit(1) is called.
+	FatalExitFunc func()
+
+	// DefaultContextLogger is returned from Ctx() if there is no logger associated
+	// with the context.
+	DefaultContextLogger *Logger
+
+	// LevelColors are used by ConsoleWriter's consoleDefaultFormatLevel to color
+	// log levels.
+	LevelColors = map[Level]int{
+		TraceLevel: colorBlue,
+		DebugLevel: 0,
+		InfoLevel:  colorGreen,
+		WarnLevel:  colorYellow,
+		ErrorLevel: colorRed,
+		FatalLevel: colorRed,
+		PanicLevel: colorRed,
+	}
+
+	// FormattedLevels are used by ConsoleWriter's consoleDefaultFormatLevel
+	// for a short level name.
+	FormattedLevels = map[Level]string{
+		TraceLevel: "TRC",
+		DebugLevel: "DBG",
+		InfoLevel:  "INF",
+		WarnLevel:  "WRN",
+		ErrorLevel: "ERR",
+		FatalLevel: "FTL",
+		PanicLevel: "PNC",
+	}
+
+	// TriggerLevelWriterBufferReuseLimit is a limit in bytes that a buffer is dropped
+	// from the TriggerLevelWriter buffer pool if the buffer grows above the limit.
+	TriggerLevelWriterBufferReuseLimit = 64 * 1024
+
+	// FloatingPointPrecision, if set to a value other than -1, controls the number
+	// of digits when formatting float numbers in JSON. See strconv.FormatFloat for
+	// more details.
+	FloatingPointPrecision = -1
 )
 
 var (
-	gLevel          = new(uint32)
-	disableSampling = new(uint32)
+	gLevel          = new(int32)
+	disableSampling = new(int32)
 )
 
 // SetGlobalLevel sets the global override for log level. If this
@@ -49,23 +186,23 @@ var (
 //
 // To globally disable logs, set GlobalLevel to Disabled.
 func SetGlobalLevel(l Level) {
-	atomic.StoreUint32(gLevel, uint32(l))
+	atomic.StoreInt32(gLevel, int32(l))
 }
 
 // GlobalLevel returns the current global log level
 func GlobalLevel() Level {
-	return Level(atomic.LoadUint32(gLevel))
+	return Level(atomic.LoadInt32(gLevel))
 }
 
 // DisableSampling will disable sampling in all Loggers if true.
 func DisableSampling(v bool) {
-	var i uint32
+	var i int32
 	if v {
 		i = 1
 	}
-	atomic.StoreUint32(disableSampling, i)
+	atomic.StoreInt32(disableSampling, i)
 }
 
 func samplingDisabled() bool {
-	return atomic.LoadUint32(disableSampling) == 1
+	return atomic.LoadInt32(disableSampling) == 1
 }

globals_118.go

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//go:build go1.18
+// +build go1.18
+
+package zerolog
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func AsLogObjectMarshalers[T LogObjectMarshaler](objs []T) []LogObjectMarshaler {
+	if objs == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	s := make([]LogObjectMarshaler, len(objs))
+	for i, v := range objs {
+		s[i] = v
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+func AsStringers[T fmt.Stringer](objs []T) []fmt.Stringer {
+	if objs == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	s := make([]fmt.Stringer, len(objs))
+	for i, v := range objs {
+		s[i] = v
+	}
+	return s
+}

go.mod

@@ -1 +1,15 @@
 module github.com/rs/zerolog
+
+go 1.23
+
+require (
+	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.7.0
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
+	github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 // indirect
+)

go.sum

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.7.0 h1:LAEzFkke61DFROc7zNLX/WA2i5J8gYqe0rSj9KI28KA=
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.7.0/go.mod h1:xNUYtjHu2EDXbsxz1i41wouACIwT7Ybq9o0BQhMwD0w=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 h1:9A9LHSqF/7dyVVX6g0U9cwm9pG3kP9gSzcuIPHPsaIE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14/go.mod h1:6LmQG8QLFO4G5z1gPvYEzlUgJ2wF+stgPZH1UqBm1s8=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0 h1:fV591PaemRlL6JfRxGDEPl69wICngIQ3shQtzfy2gxU=
+github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:7XoLgs4eV+QndskICGsho+ADou8ySMSjJKDIan90Nz0=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 h1:TPYlXGxvx1MGTn2GiZDhnjPA9wZzZeGKHHmKhHYvgaU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=

go112.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// +build go1.12
+
+package zerolog
+
+// Since go 1.12, some auto generated init functions are hidden from
+// runtime.Caller.
+const contextCallerSkipFrameCount = 2

hlog/hlog.go

@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/xid"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/hlog/internal/mutil"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-	"github.com/zenazn/goji/web/mutil"
 )
 
 // FromRequest gets the logger in the request's context.
@@ -79,10 +80,39 @@ func RequestHandler(fieldKey string) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 func RemoteAddrHandler(fieldKey string) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			if host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr); err == nil {
+			if r.RemoteAddr != "" {
 				log := zerolog.Ctx(r.Context())
 				log.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
-					return c.Str(fieldKey, host)
+					return c.Str(fieldKey, r.RemoteAddr)
+				})
+			}
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func getHost(hostPort string) string {
+	if hostPort == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(hostPort)
+	if err != nil {
+		return hostPort
+	}
+	return host
+}
+
+// RemoteIPHandler is similar to RemoteAddrHandler, but logs only
+// an IP, not a port.
+func RemoteIPHandler(fieldKey string) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			ip := getHost(r.RemoteAddr)
+			if ip != "" {
+				log := zerolog.Ctx(r.Context())
+				log.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
+					return c.Str(fieldKey, ip)
 				})
 			}
 			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
@@ -122,6 +152,35 @@ func RefererHandler(fieldKey string) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	}
 }
 
+// ProtoHandler adds the requests protocol version as a field to the context logger
+// using fieldKey as field Key.
+func ProtoHandler(fieldKey string) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			log := zerolog.Ctx(r.Context())
+			log.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
+				return c.Str(fieldKey, r.Proto)
+			})
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// HTTPVersionHandler is similar to ProtoHandler, but it does not store the "HTTP/"
+// prefix in the protocol name.
+func HTTPVersionHandler(fieldKey string) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			proto := strings.TrimPrefix(r.Proto, "HTTP/")
+			log := zerolog.Ctx(r.Context())
+			log.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
+				return c.Str(fieldKey, proto)
+			})
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 type idKey struct{}
 
 // IDFromRequest returns the unique id associated to the request if any.
@@ -138,6 +197,11 @@ func IDFromCtx(ctx context.Context) (id xid.ID, ok bool) {
 	return
 }
 
+// CtxWithID adds the given xid.ID to the context
+func CtxWithID(ctx context.Context, id xid.ID) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, idKey{}, id)
+}
+
 // RequestIDHandler returns a handler setting a unique id to the request which can
 // be gathered using IDFromRequest(req). This generated id is added as a field to the
 // logger using the passed fieldKey as field name. The id is also added as a response
@@ -154,7 +218,7 @@ func RequestIDHandler(fieldKey, headerName string) func(next http.Handler) http.
 			id, ok := IDFromRequest(r)
 			if !ok {
 				id = xid.New()
-				ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, idKey{}, id)
+				ctx = CtxWithID(ctx, id)
 				r = r.WithContext(ctx)
 			}
 			if fieldKey != "" {
@@ -171,14 +235,92 @@ func RequestIDHandler(fieldKey, headerName string) func(next http.Handler) http.
 	}
 }
 
+// CustomHeaderHandler adds given header from request's header as a field to
+// the context's logger using fieldKey as field key.
+func CustomHeaderHandler(fieldKey, header string) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			if val := r.Header.Get(header); val != "" {
+				log := zerolog.Ctx(r.Context())
+				log.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
+					return c.Str(fieldKey, val)
+				})
+			}
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// EtagHandler adds Etag header from response's header as a field to
+// the context's logger using fieldKey as field key.
+func EtagHandler(fieldKey string) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			defer func() {
+				etag := w.Header().Get("Etag")
+				if etag != "" {
+					etag = strings.ReplaceAll(etag, `"`, "")
+					log := zerolog.Ctx(r.Context())
+					log.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
+						return c.Str(fieldKey, etag)
+					})
+				}
+			}()
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func ResponseHeaderHandler(fieldKey, headerName string) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			defer func() {
+				value := w.Header().Get(headerName)
+				if value != "" {
+					log := zerolog.Ctx(r.Context())
+					log.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
+						return c.Str(fieldKey, value)
+					})
+				}
+			}()
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // AccessHandler returns a handler that call f after each request.
 func AccessHandler(f func(r *http.Request, status, size int, duration time.Duration)) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			start := time.Now()
 			lw := mutil.WrapWriter(w)
+			defer func() {
+				f(r, lw.Status(), lw.BytesWritten(), time.Since(start))
+			}()
 			next.ServeHTTP(lw, r)
-			f(r, lw.Status(), lw.BytesWritten(), time.Since(start))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// HostHandler adds the request's host as a field to the context's logger
+// using fieldKey as field key. If trimPort is set to true, then port is
+// removed from the host.
+func HostHandler(fieldKey string, trimPort ...bool) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			var host string
+			if len(trimPort) > 0 && trimPort[0] {
+				host = getHost(r.Host)
+			} else {
+				host = r.Host
+			}
+			if host != "" {
+				log := zerolog.Ctx(r.Context())
+				log.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
+					return c.Str(fieldKey, host)
+				})
+			}
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		})
 	}
 }

hlog/hlog_example_test.go

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ func Example_handler() {
 	// Install the logger handler with default output on the console
 	c = c.Append(hlog.NewHandler(log))
 
-	// Install some provided extra handler to set some request's context fields.
-	// Thanks to those handler, all our logs will come with some pre-populated fields.
+	// Install some provided extra handlers to set some request's context fields.
+	// Thanks to those handlers, all our logs will come with some pre-populated fields.
 	c = c.Append(hlog.RemoteAddrHandler("ip"))
 	c = c.Append(hlog.UserAgentHandler("user_agent"))
 	c = c.Append(hlog.RefererHandler("referer"))
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ func Example_handler() {
 		hlog.FromRequest(r).Info().
 			Str("user", "current user").
 			Str("status", "ok").
-			Msg("Something happend")
+			Msg("Something happened")
 	}))
 	http.Handle("/", h)
 
 	h.ServeHTTP(httptest.NewRecorder(), &http.Request{})
 
-	// Output: {"level":"info","role":"my-service","host":"local-hostname","user":"current user","status":"ok","time":"2001-02-03T04:05:06Z","message":"Something happend"}
+	// Output: {"level":"info","role":"my-service","host":"local-hostname","user":"current user","status":"ok","time":"2001-02-03T04:05:06Z","message":"Something happened"}
 }

hlog/hlog_test.go

@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
+//go:build go1.7
 // +build go1.7
 
 package hlog
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
-	"reflect"
-
-	"net/http/httptest"
-
+	"github.com/rs/xid"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal/cbor"
 )
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ func TestRemoteAddrHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	h = NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h)
 	h.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
-	if want, got := `{"ip":"1.2.3.4"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
+	if want, got := `{"ip":"1.2.3.4:1234"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
 		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
 	}
 }
@@ -116,6 +117,38 @@ func TestRemoteAddrHandlerIPv6(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	h = NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h)
 	h.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
+	if want, got := `{"ip":"[2001:db8:a0b:12f0::1]:1234"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRemoteIPHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	r := &http.Request{
+		RemoteAddr: "1.2.3.4:1234",
+	}
+	h := RemoteIPHandler("ip")(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		l := FromRequest(r)
+		l.Log().Msg("")
+	}))
+	h = NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h)
+	h.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
+	if want, got := `{"ip":"1.2.3.4"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRemoteIPHandlerIPv6(t *testing.T) {
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	r := &http.Request{
+		RemoteAddr: "[2001:db8:a0b:12f0::1]:1234",
+	}
+	h := RemoteIPHandler("ip")(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		l := FromRequest(r)
+		l.Log().Msg("")
+	}))
+	h = NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h)
+	h.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
 	if want, got := `{"ip":"2001:db8:a0b:12f0::1"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
 		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
 	}
@@ -182,6 +215,96 @@ func TestRequestIDHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	h.ServeHTTP(httptest.NewRecorder(), r)
 }
 
+func TestCustomHeaderHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	r := &http.Request{
+		Header: http.Header{
+			"X-Request-Id": []string{"514bbe5bb5251c92bd07a9846f4a1ab6"},
+		},
+	}
+	h := CustomHeaderHandler("reqID", "X-Request-Id")(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		l := FromRequest(r)
+		l.Log().Msg("")
+	}))
+	h = NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h)
+	h.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
+	if want, got := `{"reqID":"514bbe5bb5251c92bd07a9846f4a1ab6"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEtagHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	r := &http.Request{}
+	h := EtagHandler("etag")(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Etag", `"abcdef"`)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
+	h2 := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		l := FromRequest(r)
+		l.Log().Msg("")
+	})
+	h3 := NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h2)
+	h3.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	if want, got := `{"etag":"abcdef"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResponseHeaderHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	r := &http.Request{}
+	h := ResponseHeaderHandler("encoding", "Content-Encoding")(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", `gzip`)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
+	h2 := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		l := FromRequest(r)
+		l.Log().Msg("")
+	})
+	h3 := NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h2)
+	h3.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	if want, got := `{"encoding":"gzip"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProtoHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	r := &http.Request{
+		Proto: "test",
+	}
+	h := ProtoHandler("proto")(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		l := FromRequest(r)
+		l.Log().Msg("")
+	}))
+	h = NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h)
+	h.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
+	if want, got := `{"proto":"test"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHTTPVersionHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	r := &http.Request{
+		Proto: "HTTP/1.1",
+	}
+	h := HTTPVersionHandler("proto")(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		l := FromRequest(r)
+		l.Log().Msg("")
+	}))
+	h = NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h)
+	h.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
+	if want, got := `{"proto":"1.1"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCombinedHandlers(t *testing.T) {
 	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	r := &http.Request{
@@ -210,10 +333,10 @@ func BenchmarkHandlers(b *testing.B) {
 	}))
 	h2 := MethodHandler("method")(RequestHandler("request")(h1))
 	handlers := map[string]http.Handler{
-		"Single":           NewHandler(zerolog.New(ioutil.Discard))(h1),
-		"Combined":         NewHandler(zerolog.New(ioutil.Discard))(h2),
-		"SingleDisabled":   NewHandler(zerolog.New(ioutil.Discard).Level(zerolog.Disabled))(h1),
-		"CombinedDisabled": NewHandler(zerolog.New(ioutil.Discard).Level(zerolog.Disabled))(h2),
+		"Single":           NewHandler(zerolog.New(io.Discard))(h1),
+		"Combined":         NewHandler(zerolog.New(io.Discard))(h2),
+		"SingleDisabled":   NewHandler(zerolog.New(io.Discard).Level(zerolog.Disabled))(h1),
+		"CombinedDisabled": NewHandler(zerolog.New(io.Discard).Level(zerolog.Disabled))(h2),
 	}
 	for name := range handlers {
 		h := handlers[name]
@@ -244,3 +367,69 @@ func BenchmarkDataRace(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func TestCtxWithID(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	id, _ := xid.FromString(`c0umremcie6smuu506pg`)
+
+	want := context.Background()
+	want = context.WithValue(want, idKey{}, id)
+
+	if got := CtxWithID(ctx, id); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("CtxWithID() = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHostHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	r := &http.Request{Host: "example.com:8080"}
+	h := HostHandler("host")(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		l := FromRequest(r)
+		l.Log().Msg("")
+	}))
+	h = NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h)
+	h.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
+	if want, got := `{"host":"example.com:8080"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHostHandlerWithoutPort(t *testing.T) {
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	r := &http.Request{Host: "example.com:8080"}
+	h := HostHandler("host", true)(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		l := FromRequest(r)
+		l.Log().Msg("")
+	}))
+	h = NewHandler(zerolog.New(out))(h)
+	h.ServeHTTP(nil, r)
+	if want, got := `{"host":"example.com"}`+"\n", decodeIfBinary(out); want != got {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetHost(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{"", ""},
+		{"example.com:8080", "example.com"},
+		{"example.com", "example.com"},
+		{"invalid", "invalid"},
+		{"192.168.0.1:8080", "192.168.0.1"},
+		{"[2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334]:8080", "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334"},
+		{"こんにちは.com:8080", "こんにちは.com"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := getHost(tt.input)
+			if tt.expected != result {
+				t.Errorf("Invalid log output, got: %s, want: %s", result, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

hlog/internal/mutil/LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright (c) 2014, 2015, 2016 Carl Jackson (carl@avtok.com)
+
+MIT License
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

hlog/internal/mutil/mutil.go

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Package mutil contains various functions that are helpful when writing http
+// middleware.
+//
+// It has been vendored from Goji v1.0, with the exception of the code for Go 1.8:
+// https://github.com/zenazn/goji/
+package mutil

hlog/internal/mutil/writer_proxy.go

@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package mutil
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// WriterProxy is a proxy around an http.ResponseWriter that allows you to hook
+// into various parts of the response process.
+type WriterProxy interface {
+	http.ResponseWriter
+	// Status returns the HTTP status of the request, or 0 if one has not
+	// yet been sent.
+	Status() int
+	// BytesWritten returns the total number of bytes sent to the client.
+	BytesWritten() int
+	// Tee causes the response body to be written to the given io.Writer in
+	// addition to proxying the writes through. Only one io.Writer can be
+	// tee'd to at once: setting a second one will overwrite the first.
+	// Writes will be sent to the proxy before being written to this
+	// io.Writer. It is illegal for the tee'd writer to be modified
+	// concurrently with writes.
+	Tee(io.Writer)
+	// Unwrap returns the original proxied target.
+	Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter
+}
+
+// WrapWriter wraps an http.ResponseWriter, returning a proxy that allows you to
+// hook into various parts of the response process.
+func WrapWriter(w http.ResponseWriter) WriterProxy {
+	_, cn := w.(http.CloseNotifier)
+	_, fl := w.(http.Flusher)
+	_, hj := w.(http.Hijacker)
+	_, rf := w.(io.ReaderFrom)
+
+	bw := basicWriter{ResponseWriter: w}
+	if cn && fl && hj && rf {
+		return &fancyWriter{bw}
+	}
+	if fl {
+		return &flushWriter{bw}
+	}
+	return &bw
+}
+
+// basicWriter wraps a http.ResponseWriter that implements the minimal
+// http.ResponseWriter interface.
+type basicWriter struct {
+	http.ResponseWriter
+	wroteHeader bool
+	code        int
+	bytes       int
+	tee         io.Writer
+}
+
+func (b *basicWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
+	if !b.wroteHeader {
+		b.code = code
+		b.wroteHeader = true
+		b.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(code)
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *basicWriter) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
+	b.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	n, err := b.ResponseWriter.Write(buf)
+	if b.tee != nil {
+		_, err2 := b.tee.Write(buf[:n])
+		// Prefer errors generated by the proxied writer.
+		if err == nil {
+			err = err2
+		}
+	}
+	b.bytes += n
+	return n, err
+}
+
+func (b *basicWriter) maybeWriteHeader() {
+	if !b.wroteHeader {
+		b.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *basicWriter) Status() int {
+	return b.code
+}
+
+func (b *basicWriter) BytesWritten() int {
+	return b.bytes
+}
+
+func (b *basicWriter) Tee(w io.Writer) {
+	b.tee = w
+}
+
+func (b *basicWriter) Unwrap() http.ResponseWriter {
+	return b.ResponseWriter
+}
+
+// fancyWriter is a writer that additionally satisfies http.CloseNotifier,
+// http.Flusher, http.Hijacker, and io.ReaderFrom. It exists for the common case
+// of wrapping the http.ResponseWriter that package http gives you, in order to
+// make the proxied object support the full method set of the proxied object.
+type fancyWriter struct {
+	basicWriter
+}
+
+func (f *fancyWriter) CloseNotify() <-chan bool {
+	cn := f.basicWriter.ResponseWriter.(http.CloseNotifier)
+	return cn.CloseNotify()
+}
+
+func (f *fancyWriter) Flush() {
+	fl := f.basicWriter.ResponseWriter.(http.Flusher)
+	fl.Flush()
+}
+
+func (f *fancyWriter) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
+	hj := f.basicWriter.ResponseWriter.(http.Hijacker)
+	return hj.Hijack()
+}
+
+func (f *fancyWriter) ReadFrom(r io.Reader) (int64, error) {
+	if f.basicWriter.tee != nil {
+		n, err := io.Copy(&f.basicWriter, r)
+		f.bytes += int(n)
+		return n, err
+	}
+	rf := f.basicWriter.ResponseWriter.(io.ReaderFrom)
+	f.basicWriter.maybeWriteHeader()
+
+	n, err := rf.ReadFrom(r)
+	f.bytes += int(n)
+	return n, err
+}
+
+type flushWriter struct {
+	basicWriter
+}
+
+func (f *flushWriter) Flush() {
+	fl := f.basicWriter.ResponseWriter.(http.Flusher)
+	fl.Flush()
+}
+
+var (
+	_ http.CloseNotifier = &fancyWriter{}
+	_ http.Flusher       = &fancyWriter{}
+	_ http.Hijacker      = &fancyWriter{}
+	_ io.ReaderFrom      = &fancyWriter{}
+	_ http.Flusher       = &flushWriter{}
+)

hook.go

@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@ func (h HookFunc) Run(e *Event, level Level, message string) {
 
 // LevelHook applies a different hook for each level.
 type LevelHook struct {
-	NoLevelHook, DebugHook, InfoHook, WarnHook, ErrorHook, FatalHook, PanicHook Hook
+	NoLevelHook, TraceHook, DebugHook, InfoHook, WarnHook, ErrorHook, FatalHook, PanicHook Hook
 }
 
 // Run implements the Hook interface.
 func (h LevelHook) Run(e *Event, level Level, message string) {
 	switch level {
+	case TraceLevel:
+		if h.TraceHook != nil {
+			h.TraceHook.Run(e, level, message)
+		}
 	case DebugLevel:
 		if h.DebugHook != nil {
 			h.DebugHook.Run(e, level, message)

hook_test.go

@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ package zerolog
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"context"
+	"io"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+type contextKeyType int
+
+var contextKey contextKeyType
+
 var (
 	levelNameHook = HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
 		levelName := level.String()
@@ -31,6 +36,12 @@ var (
 	discardHook = HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, message string) {
 		e.Discard()
 	})
+	contextHook = HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, message string) {
+		contextData, ok := e.GetCtx().Value(contextKey).(string)
+		if ok {
+			e.Str("context-data", contextData)
+		}
+	})
 )
 
 func TestHook(t *testing.T) {
@@ -39,6 +50,10 @@ func TestHook(t *testing.T) {
 		want string
 		test func(log Logger)
 	}{
+		{"Message", `{"message":"test message"}` + "\n", func(log Logger) {
+			log = log.Hook()
+			log.Log().Msg("test message")
+		}},
 		{"Message", `{"level_name":"nolevel","message":"test message"}` + "\n", func(log Logger) {
 			log = log.Hook(levelNameHook)
 			log.Log().Msg("test message")
@@ -120,6 +135,29 @@ func TestHook(t *testing.T) {
 			log = log.Hook(discardHook)
 			log.Log().Msg("test message")
 		}},
+		{"Context/Background", `{"level":"info","message":"test message"}` + "\n", func(log Logger) {
+			log = log.Hook(contextHook)
+			log.Info().Ctx(context.Background()).Msg("test message")
+		}},
+		{"Context/nil", `{"level":"info","message":"test message"}` + "\n", func(log Logger) {
+			// passing `nil` where a context is wanted is against
+			// the rules, but people still do it.
+			log = log.Hook(contextHook)
+			log.Info().Ctx(nil).Msg("test message") // nolint
+		}},
+		{"Context/valid", `{"level":"info","context-data":"12345abcdef","message":"test message"}` + "\n", func(log Logger) {
+			ctx := context.Background()
+			ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, contextKey, "12345abcdef")
+			log = log.Hook(contextHook)
+			log.Info().Ctx(ctx).Msg("test message")
+		}},
+		{"Context/With/valid", `{"level":"info","context-data":"12345abcdef","message":"test message"}` + "\n", func(log Logger) {
+			ctx := context.Background()
+			ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, contextKey, "12345abcdef")
+			log = log.Hook(contextHook)
+			log = log.With().Ctx(ctx).Logger()
+			log.Info().Msg("test message")
+		}},
 		{"None", `{"level":"error"}` + "\n", func(log Logger) {
 			log.Error().Msg("")
 		}},
@@ -137,8 +175,101 @@ func TestHook(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLevelHook(t *testing.T) {
+	var called []string
+
+	traceHook := HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
+		called = append(called, "trace")
+	})
+	debugHook := HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
+		called = append(called, "debug")
+	})
+	infoHook := HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
+		called = append(called, "info")
+	})
+	warnHook := HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
+		called = append(called, "warn")
+	})
+	errorHook := HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
+		called = append(called, "error")
+	})
+	fatalHook := HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
+		called = append(called, "fatal")
+	})
+	panicHook := HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
+		called = append(called, "panic")
+	})
+	noLevelHook := HookFunc(func(e *Event, level Level, msg string) {
+		called = append(called, "nolevel")
+	})
+
+	hook := LevelHook{
+		TraceHook:   traceHook,
+		DebugHook:   debugHook,
+		InfoHook:    infoHook,
+		WarnHook:    warnHook,
+		ErrorHook:   errorHook,
+		FatalHook:   fatalHook,
+		PanicHook:   panicHook,
+		NoLevelHook: noLevelHook,
+	}
+
+	e := &Event{}
+
+	// Test each level
+	hook.Run(e, TraceLevel, "")
+	if len(called) != 1 || called[0] != "trace" {
+		t.Errorf("TraceLevel hook not called correctly: %v", called)
+	}
+
+	called = nil
+	hook.Run(e, DebugLevel, "")
+	if len(called) != 1 || called[0] != "debug" {
+		t.Errorf("DebugLevel hook not called correctly: %v", called)
+	}
+
+	called = nil
+	hook.Run(e, InfoLevel, "")
+	if len(called) != 1 || called[0] != "info" {
+		t.Errorf("InfoLevel hook not called correctly: %v", called)
+	}
+
+	called = nil
+	hook.Run(e, WarnLevel, "")
+	if len(called) != 1 || called[0] != "warn" {
+		t.Errorf("WarnLevel hook not called correctly: %v", called)
+	}
+
+	called = nil
+	hook.Run(e, ErrorLevel, "")
+	if len(called) != 1 || called[0] != "error" {
+		t.Errorf("ErrorLevel hook not called correctly: %v", called)
+	}
+
+	called = nil
+	hook.Run(e, FatalLevel, "")
+	if len(called) != 1 || called[0] != "fatal" {
+		t.Errorf("FatalLevel hook not called correctly: %v", called)
+	}
+
+	called = nil
+	hook.Run(e, PanicLevel, "")
+	if len(called) != 1 || called[0] != "panic" {
+		t.Errorf("PanicLevel hook not called correctly: %v", called)
+	}
+
+	called = nil
+	hook.Run(e, NoLevel, "")
+	if len(called) != 1 || called[0] != "nolevel" {
+		t.Errorf("NoLevel hook not called correctly: %v", called)
+	}
+
+	// Test NewLevelHook
+	_ = NewLevelHook()
+}
+
 func BenchmarkHooks(b *testing.B) {
-	logger := New(ioutil.Discard)
+	logger := New(io.Discard)
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	b.Run("Nop/Single", func(b *testing.B) {
 		log := logger.Hook(nopHook)

internal/cbor/base.go

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 package cbor
 
+// JSONMarshalFunc is used to marshal interface to JSON encoded byte slice.
+// Making it package level instead of embedded in Encoder brings
+// some extra efforts at importing, but avoids value copy when the functions
+// of Encoder being invoked.
+// DO REMEMBER to set this variable at importing, or
+// you might get a nil pointer dereference panic at runtime.
+var JSONMarshalFunc func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error)
+
 type Encoder struct{}
 
 // AppendKey adds a key (string) to the binary encoded log message
@@ -8,4 +16,4 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendKey(dst []byte, key string) []byte {
 		dst = e.AppendBeginMarker(dst)
 	}
 	return e.AppendString(dst, key)
-}
+}

internal/cbor/base_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package cbor
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestAppendKey(t *testing.T) {
+	want := make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, 0xbf) // start string
+	want = append(want, 0x63) // length 3
+	want = append(want, []byte("key")...)
+
+	got := enc.AppendKey([]byte{}, "key")
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendKey(%v)\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			"key",
+			hex.EncodeToString(got),
+			hex.EncodeToString(want))
+	}
+}

internal/cbor/cbor.go

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ const (
 	additionalTypeBreak   byte = 31
 
 	// Tag Sub-types.
-	additionalTypeTimestamp byte = 01
+	additionalTypeTimestamp    byte = 01
+	additionalTypeEmbeddedCBOR byte = 63
 
 	// Extended Tags - from https://www.iana.org/assignments/cbor-tags/cbor-tags.xhtml
 	additionalTypeTagNetworkAddr   uint16 = 260
@@ -54,12 +55,12 @@ const (
 )
 
 const (
-	float32Nan         = "\xfa\x7f\xc0\x00\x00"
-	float32PosInfinity = "\xfa\x7f\x80\x00\x00"
-	float32NegInfinity = "\xfa\xff\x80\x00\x00"
-	float64Nan         = "\xfb\x7f\xf8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
-	float64PosInfinity = "\xfb\x7f\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
-	float64NegInfinity = "\xfb\xff\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+	float32Nan         = "\x7f\xc0\x00\x00"
+	float32PosInfinity = "\x7f\x80\x00\x00"
+	float32NegInfinity = "\xff\x80\x00\x00"
+	float64Nan         = "\x7f\xf8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+	float64PosInfinity = "\x7f\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+	float64NegInfinity = "\xff\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
 )
 
 // IntegerTimeFieldFormat indicates the format of timestamp decoded
@@ -67,11 +68,11 @@ const (
 var IntegerTimeFieldFormat = time.RFC3339
 
 // NanoTimeFieldFormat indicates the format of timestamp decoded
-// from a float value (time in seconds and nano seconds).
+// from a float value (time in seconds and nanoseconds).
 var NanoTimeFieldFormat = time.RFC3339Nano
 
 func appendCborTypePrefix(dst []byte, major byte, number uint64) []byte {
-	byteCount := 8
+	var byteCount int
 	var minor byte
 	switch {
 	case number < 256:
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ func appendCborTypePrefix(dst []byte, major byte, number uint64) []byte {
 		minor = additionalTypeIntUint64
 
 	}
-	dst = append(dst, byte(major|minor))
+
+	dst = append(dst, major|minor)
 	byteCount--
 	for ; byteCount >= 0; byteCount-- {
 		dst = append(dst, byte(number>>(uint(byteCount)*8)))

internal/cbor/decode_stream.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package cbor
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math"
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ func readByte(src *bufio.Reader) byte {
 	return b
 }
 
-func decodeIntAdditonalType(src *bufio.Reader, minor byte) int64 {
+func decodeIntAdditionalType(src *bufio.Reader, minor byte) int64 {
 	val := int64(0)
 	if minor <= 23 {
 		val = int64(minor)
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ func decodeInteger(src *bufio.Reader) int64 {
 	if major != majorTypeUnsignedInt && major != majorTypeNegativeInt {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("Major type is: %d in decodeInteger!! (expected 0 or 1)", major))
 	}
-	val := decodeIntAdditonalType(src, minor)
+	val := decodeIntAdditionalType(src, minor)
 	if major == 0 {
 		return val
 	}
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ func decodeFloat(src *bufio.Reader) (float64, int) {
 
 	switch minor {
 	case additionalTypeFloat16:
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("float16 is not suppported in decodeFloat"))
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("float16 is not supported in decodeFloat"))
 
 	case additionalTypeFloat32:
 		pb := readNBytes(src, 4)
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ func decodeString(src *bufio.Reader, noQuotes bool) []byte {
 	if !noQuotes {
 		result = append(result, '"')
 	}
-	length := decodeIntAdditonalType(src, minor)
+	length := decodeIntAdditionalType(src, minor)
 	len := int(length)
 	pbs := readNBytes(src, len)
 	result = append(result, pbs...)
@@ -213,6 +214,31 @@ func decodeString(src *bufio.Reader, noQuotes bool) []byte {
 	}
 	return append(result, '"')
 }
+func decodeStringToDataUrl(src *bufio.Reader, mimeType string) []byte {
+	pb := readByte(src)
+	major := pb & maskOutAdditionalType
+	minor := pb & maskOutMajorType
+	if major != majorTypeByteString {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("Major type is: %d in decodeString", major))
+	}
+	length := decodeIntAdditionalType(src, minor)
+	l := int(length)
+	enc := base64.StdEncoding
+	lEnc := enc.EncodedLen(l)
+	result := make([]byte, len("\"data:;base64,\"")+len(mimeType)+lEnc)
+	dest := result
+	u := copy(dest, "\"data:")
+	dest = dest[u:]
+	u = copy(dest, mimeType)
+	dest = dest[u:]
+	u = copy(dest, ";base64,")
+	dest = dest[u:]
+	pbs := readNBytes(src, l)
+	enc.Encode(dest, pbs)
+	dest = dest[lEnc:]
+	dest[0] = '"'
+	return result
+}
 
 func decodeUTF8String(src *bufio.Reader) []byte {
 	pb := readByte(src)
@@ -222,7 +248,7 @@ func decodeUTF8String(src *bufio.Reader) []byte {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("Major type is: %d in decodeUTF8String", major))
 	}
 	result := []byte{'"'}
-	length := decodeIntAdditonalType(src, minor)
+	length := decodeIntAdditionalType(src, minor)
 	len := int(length)
 	pbs := readNBytes(src, len)
 
@@ -238,7 +264,7 @@ func decodeUTF8String(src *bufio.Reader) []byte {
 			return append(dst, '"')
 		}
 	}
-	// The string has no need for encoding an therefore is directly
+	// The string has no need for encoding and therefore is directly
 	// appended to the byte slice.
 	result = append(result, pbs...)
 	return append(result, '"')
@@ -257,7 +283,7 @@ func array2Json(src *bufio.Reader, dst io.Writer) {
 	if minor == additionalTypeInfiniteCount {
 		unSpecifiedCount = true
 	} else {
-		length := decodeIntAdditonalType(src, minor)
+		length := decodeIntAdditionalType(src, minor)
 		len = int(length)
 	}
 	for i := 0; unSpecifiedCount || i < len; i++ {
@@ -266,7 +292,7 @@ func array2Json(src *bufio.Reader, dst io.Writer) {
 			if e != nil {
 				panic(e)
 			}
-			if pb[0] == byte(majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak) {
+			if pb[0] == majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak {
 				readByte(src)
 				break
 			}
@@ -277,7 +303,7 @@ func array2Json(src *bufio.Reader, dst io.Writer) {
 			if e != nil {
 				panic(e)
 			}
-			if pb[0] == byte(majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak) {
+			if pb[0] == majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak {
 				readByte(src)
 				break
 			}
@@ -301,7 +327,7 @@ func map2Json(src *bufio.Reader, dst io.Writer) {
 	if minor == additionalTypeInfiniteCount {
 		unSpecifiedCount = true
 	} else {
-		length := decodeIntAdditonalType(src, minor)
+		length := decodeIntAdditionalType(src, minor)
 		len = int(length)
 	}
 	dst.Write([]byte{'{'})
@@ -311,7 +337,7 @@ func map2Json(src *bufio.Reader, dst io.Writer) {
 			if e != nil {
 				panic(e)
 			}
-			if pb[0] == byte(majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak) {
+			if pb[0] == majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak {
 				readByte(src)
 				break
 			}
@@ -326,7 +352,7 @@ func map2Json(src *bufio.Reader, dst io.Writer) {
 				if e != nil {
 					panic(e)
 				}
-				if pb[0] == byte(majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak) {
+				if pb[0] == majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak {
 					readByte(src)
 					break
 				}
@@ -349,10 +375,24 @@ func decodeTagData(src *bufio.Reader) []byte {
 	switch minor {
 	case additionalTypeTimestamp:
 		return decodeTimeStamp(src)
+	case additionalTypeIntUint8:
+		val := decodeIntAdditionalType(src, minor)
+		switch byte(val) {
+		case additionalTypeEmbeddedCBOR:
+			pb := readByte(src)
+			dataMajor := pb & maskOutAdditionalType
+			if dataMajor != majorTypeByteString {
+				panic(fmt.Errorf("Unsupported embedded Type: %d in decodeEmbeddedCBOR", dataMajor))
+			}
+			src.UnreadByte()
+			return decodeStringToDataUrl(src, "application/cbor")
+		default:
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("Unsupported Additional Tag Type: %d in decodeTagData", val))
+		}
 
 	// Tag value is larger than 256 (so uint16).
 	case additionalTypeIntUint16:
-		val := decodeIntAdditonalType(src, minor)
+		val := decodeIntAdditionalType(src, minor)
 
 		switch uint16(val) {
 		case additionalTypeEmbeddedJSON:
@@ -383,7 +423,7 @@ func decodeTagData(src *bufio.Reader) []byte {
 
 		case additionalTypeTagNetworkPrefix:
 			pb := readByte(src)
-			if pb != byte(majorTypeMap|0x1) {
+			if pb != majorTypeMap|0x1 {
 				panic(fmt.Errorf("IP Prefix is NOT of MAP of 1 elements as expected"))
 			}
 			octets := decodeString(src, true)
@@ -450,7 +490,7 @@ func decodeTimeStamp(src *bufio.Reader) []byte {
 		tsb = append(tsb, '"')
 		return tsb
 	}
-	panic(fmt.Errorf("TS format is neigther int nor float: %d", tsMajor))
+	panic(fmt.Errorf("TS format is neither int nor float: %d", tsMajor))
 }
 
 func decodeSimpleFloat(src *bufio.Reader) []byte {

internal/cbor/decoder_test.go

@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@ package cbor
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"math"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal"
 )
 
 func TestDecodeInteger(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tc := range integerTestCases {
-		gotv := decodeInteger(getReader(tc.binary))
-		if gotv != int64(tc.val) {
+	for _, tc := range internal.IntegerTestCases {
+		gotv := decodeInteger(getReader(tc.Binary))
+		if gotv != int64(tc.Val) {
 			t.Errorf("decodeInteger(0x%s)=0x%d, want: 0x%d",
-				hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.binary)), gotv, tc.val)
+				hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)), gotv, tc.Val)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -28,11 +31,11 @@ func TestDecodeString(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDecodeArray(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tc := range integerArrayTestCases {
+	for _, tc := range internal.IntegerArrayTestCases {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-		array2Json(getReader(tc.binary), buf)
-		if buf.String() != tc.json {
-			t.Errorf("array2Json(0x%s)=%s, want: %s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.binary)), buf.String(), tc.json)
+		array2Json(getReader(tc.Binary), buf)
+		if buf.String() != tc.Json {
+			t.Errorf("array2Json(0x%s)=%s, want: %s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)), buf.String(), tc.Json)
 		}
 	}
 	//Unspecified Length Array
@@ -53,136 +56,199 @@ func TestDecodeArray(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("array2Json(0x%s)=%s, want: %s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.out)), buf.String(), tc.out)
 		}
 	}
-	for _, tc := range booleanArrayTestCases {
+	for _, tc := range internal.BooleanArrayTestCases {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-		array2Json(getReader(tc.binary), buf)
-		if buf.String() != tc.json {
-			t.Errorf("array2Json(0x%s)=%s, want: %s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.binary)), buf.String(), tc.json)
+		array2Json(getReader(tc.Binary), buf)
+		if buf.String() != tc.Json {
+			t.Errorf("array2Json(0x%s)=%s, want: %s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)), buf.String(), tc.Json)
 		}
 	}
 	//TODO add cases for arrays of other types
 }
 
 var infiniteMapDecodeTestCases = []struct {
-	bin  []byte
-	json string
+	Bin  []byte
+	Json string
 }{
 	{[]byte("\xbf\x64IETF\x20\xff"), "{\"IETF\":-1}"},
 	{[]byte("\xbf\x65Array\x84\x20\x00\x18\xc8\x14\xff"), "{\"Array\":[-1,0,200,20]}"},
 }
 
 var mapDecodeTestCases = []struct {
-	bin  []byte
-	json string
+	Bin  []byte
+	Json string
 }{
 	{[]byte("\xa2\x64IETF\x20"), "{\"IETF\":-1}"},
 	{[]byte("\xa2\x65Array\x84\x20\x00\x18\xc8\x14"), "{\"Array\":[-1,0,200,20]}"},
+	{[]byte("\xa6\x61\x61\x01\x61\x62\x02\x61\x63\x03"), "{\"a\":1,\"b\":2,\"c\":3}"},
+	{[]byte("\xbf\x61a\x01\x61b\x02\xff"), "{\"a\":1,\"b\":2}"},
 }
 
 func TestDecodeMap(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range mapDecodeTestCases {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-		map2Json(getReader(string(tc.bin)), buf)
-		if buf.String() != tc.json {
-			t.Errorf("map2Json(0x%s)=%s, want: %s", hex.EncodeToString(tc.bin), buf.String(), tc.json)
+		map2Json(getReader(string(tc.Bin)), buf)
+		if buf.String() != tc.Json {
+			t.Errorf("map2Json(0x%s)=%s, want: %s", hex.EncodeToString(tc.Bin), buf.String(), tc.Json)
 		}
 	}
 	for _, tc := range infiniteMapDecodeTestCases {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-		map2Json(getReader(string(tc.bin)), buf)
-		if buf.String() != tc.json {
-			t.Errorf("map2Json(0x%s)=%s, want: %s", hex.EncodeToString(tc.bin), buf.String(), tc.json)
+		map2Json(getReader(string(tc.Bin)), buf)
+		if buf.String() != tc.Json {
+			t.Errorf("map2Json(0x%s)=%s, want: %s", hex.EncodeToString(tc.Bin), buf.String(), tc.Json)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func TestDecodeBool(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tc := range booleanTestCases {
-		got := decodeSimpleFloat(getReader(tc.binary))
-		if string(got) != tc.json {
-			t.Errorf("decodeSimpleFloat(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.binary)), string(got), tc.json)
+	for _, tc := range internal.BooleanTestCases {
+		got := decodeSimpleFloat(getReader(tc.Binary))
+		if string(got) != tc.Json {
+			t.Errorf("decodeSimpleFloat(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)), string(got), tc.Json)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func TestDecodeFloat(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tc := range float32TestCases {
-		got, _ := decodeFloat(getReader(tc.binary))
-		if got != float64(tc.val) {
-			t.Errorf("decodeFloat(0x%s)=%f, want:%f", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.binary)), got, tc.val)
+	for _, tc := range internal.Float32TestCases {
+		got, _ := decodeFloat(getReader(tc.Binary))
+		if got != float64(tc.Val) && math.IsNaN(got) != math.IsNaN(float64(tc.Val)) {
+			t.Errorf("decodeFloat(0x%s)=%f, want:%f", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)), got, tc.Val)
 		}
 	}
+	for _, tc := range internal.Float64TestCases {
+		got, _ := decodeFloat(getReader(tc.Binary))
+		if got != tc.Val && math.IsNaN(got) != math.IsNaN(tc.Val) {
+			t.Errorf("decodeFloat(0x%s)=%f, want:%f", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)), got, tc.Val)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Test float64 special values with correct CBOR encoding
+	float64Tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input string
+		want  float64
+	}{
+		{"float64 NaN", "\xfb\x7f\xf8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", math.NaN()},
+		{"float64 +Inf", "\xfb\x7f\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", math.Inf(0)},
+		{"float64 -Inf", "\xfb\xff\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", math.Inf(-1)},
+		{"float64 1.0", "\xfb\x3f\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", 1.0},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range float64Tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, _ := decodeFloat(getReader(tt.input))
+			if math.IsNaN(tt.want) {
+				if !math.IsNaN(got) {
+					t.Errorf("decodeFloat(%q) = %f, want NaN", tt.input, got)
+				}
+			} else if math.IsInf(tt.want, 0) {
+				if !math.IsInf(got, 0) {
+					t.Errorf("decodeFloat(%q) = %f, want +Inf", tt.input, got)
+				}
+			} else if math.IsInf(tt.want, -1) {
+				if !math.IsInf(got, -1) {
+					t.Errorf("decodeFloat(%q) = %f, want -Inf", tt.input, got)
+				}
+			} else if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("decodeFloat(%q) = %f, want %f", tt.input, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
 }
 
 func TestDecodeTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 	decodeTimeZone, _ = time.LoadLocation("UTC")
-	for _, tc := range timeIntegerTestcases {
-		tm := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.binary))
-		if string(tm) != "\""+tc.rfcStr+"\"" {
-			t.Errorf("decodeFloat(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.binary)), tm, tc.rfcStr)
+	for _, tc := range internal.TimeIntegerTestcases {
+		tm := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.Binary))
+		if string(tm) != "\""+tc.RfcStr+"\"" {
+			t.Errorf("decodeFloat(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)), tm, tc.RfcStr)
 		}
 	}
-	for _, tc := range timeFloatTestcases {
-		tm := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.out))
+	for _, tc := range internal.TimeFloatTestcases {
+		tm := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.Out))
 		//Since we convert to float and back - it may be slightly off - so
 		//we cannot check for exact equality instead, we'll check it is
 		//very close to each other Less than a Microsecond (lets not yet do nanosec)
 
 		got, _ := time.Parse(string(tm), string(tm))
-		want, _ := time.Parse(tc.rfcStr, tc.rfcStr)
+		want, _ := time.Parse(tc.RfcStr, tc.RfcStr)
 		if got.Sub(want) > time.Microsecond {
-			t.Errorf("decodeFloat(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.out)), tm, tc.rfcStr)
+			t.Errorf("decodeFloat(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Out)), tm, tc.RfcStr)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Test with decodeTimeZone = nil to cover the else branches
+	oldTimeZone := decodeTimeZone
+	decodeTimeZone = nil
+	defer func() { decodeTimeZone = oldTimeZone }()
+
+	for _, tc := range internal.TimeIntegerTestcases {
+		tm := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.Binary))
+		if string(tm) != "\""+tc.RfcStr+"\"" {
+			t.Errorf("decodeFloat(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)), tm, tc.RfcStr)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, tc := range internal.TimeFloatTestcases {
+		tm := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.Out))
+		got, _ := time.Parse(string(tm), string(tm))
+		want, _ := time.Parse(tc.RfcStr, tc.RfcStr)
+		if got.Sub(want) > time.Microsecond {
+			t.Errorf("decodeFloat(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Out)), tm, tc.RfcStr)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func TestDecodeNetworkAddr(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tc := range ipAddrTestCases {
-		d1 := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.binary))
-		if string(d1) != tc.text {
-			t.Errorf("decodeNetworkAddr(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.binary)), d1, tc.text)
+	for _, tc := range internal.IpAddrTestCases {
+		d1 := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.Binary))
+		if string(d1) != tc.Text {
+			t.Errorf("decodeNetworkAddr(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)), d1, tc.Text)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func TestDecodeMACAddr(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tc := range macAddrTestCases {
-		d1 := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.binary))
-		if string(d1) != tc.text {
-			t.Errorf("decodeNetworkAddr(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.binary)), d1, tc.text)
+	for _, tc := range internal.MacAddrTestCases {
+		d1 := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.Binary))
+		if string(d1) != tc.Text {
+			t.Errorf("decodeNetworkAddr(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)), d1, tc.Text)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func TestDecodeIPPrefix(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tc := range IPPrefixTestCases {
-		d1 := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.binary))
-		if string(d1) != tc.text {
-			t.Errorf("decodeIPPrefix(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.binary)), d1, tc.text)
+	for _, tc := range internal.IPPrefixTestCases {
+		d1 := decodeTagData(getReader(tc.Binary))
+		if string(d1) != tc.Text {
+			t.Errorf("decodeIPPrefix(0x%s)=%s, want:%s", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)), d1, tc.Text)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 var compositeCborTestCases = []struct {
-	binary []byte
-	json   string
+	Binary []byte
+	Json   string
 }{
 	{[]byte("\xbf\x64IETF\x20\x65Array\x9f\x20\x00\x18\xc8\x14\xff\xff"), "{\"IETF\":-1,\"Array\":[-1,0,200,20]}\n"},
 	{[]byte("\xbf\x64IETF\x64YES!\x65Array\x9f\x20\x00\x18\xc8\x14\xff\xff"), "{\"IETF\":\"YES!\",\"Array\":[-1,0,200,20]}\n"},
+	{[]byte("\xbf\x61a\x01\x61b\x02\x61c\x03\xff"), "{\"a\":1,\"b\":2,\"c\":3}\n"},
+	{[]byte("\xc1\x1a\x51\x0f\x30\xd8"), "\"2013-02-04T03:54:00Z\"\n"},
 }
 
 func TestDecodeCbor2Json(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range compositeCborTestCases {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-		err := Cbor2JsonManyObjects(getReader(string(tc.binary)), buf)
-		if buf.String() != tc.json || err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("cbor2JsonManyObjects(0x%s)=%s, want: %s, err:%s", hex.EncodeToString(tc.binary), buf.String(), tc.json, err.Error())
+		err := Cbor2JsonManyObjects(getReader(string(tc.Binary)), buf)
+		if buf.String() != tc.Json || err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("cbor2JsonManyObjects(0x%s)=%s, want: %s, err:%s", hex.EncodeToString(tc.Binary), buf.String(), tc.Json, err.Error())
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 var negativeCborTestCases = []struct {
-	binary []byte
+	Binary []byte
 	errStr string
 }{
 	{[]byte("\xb9\x64IETF\x20\x65Array\x9f\x20\x00\x18\xc8\x14"), "Tried to Read 18 Bytes.. But hit end of file"},
@@ -197,9 +263,227 @@ var negativeCborTestCases = []struct {
 func TestDecodeNegativeCbor2Json(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range negativeCborTestCases {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-		err := Cbor2JsonManyObjects(getReader(string(tc.binary)), buf)
+		err := Cbor2JsonManyObjects(getReader(string(tc.Binary)), buf)
 		if err == nil || err.Error() != tc.errStr {
 			t.Errorf("Expected error got:%s, want:%s", err, tc.errStr)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestBinaryFmt(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input []byte
+		want  bool
+	}{
+		{[]byte{}, false},
+		{[]byte{0x00}, false},
+		{[]byte{0x7F}, false},
+		{[]byte{0x80}, true},
+		{[]byte{0xFF}, true},
+		{[]byte{0x00, 0x80}, false}, // Only checks first byte
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		got := binaryFmt(tt.input)
+		if got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("binaryFmt(%v) = %v, want %v", tt.input, got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeIfBinaryToString(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input []byte
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "non-binary input",
+			input: []byte(`{"key":"value"}`),
+			want:  `{"key":"value"}`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "binary input - simple object",
+			input: []byte("\xbf\x64IETF\x20\xff"), // {"IETF": -1} in indefinite length CBOR
+			want:  "{\"IETF\":-1}\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "binary input - multiple objects",
+			input: []byte("\xbf\x64IETF\x20\xff\xbf\x65Array\x84\x20\x00\x18\xc8\x14\xff"), // Two objects
+			want:  "{\"IETF\":-1}\n{\"Array\":[-1,0,200,20]}\n",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := DecodeIfBinaryToString(tt.input)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("DecodeIfBinaryToString() = %q, want %q", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeObjectToStr(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input []byte
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "non-binary input",
+			input: []byte(`{"key":"value"}`),
+			want:  `{"key":"value"}`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "binary input - simple object",
+			input: []byte("\xbf\x64IETF\x20\xff"), // {"IETF": -1} in indefinite length CBOR
+			want:  "{\"IETF\":-1}",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "binary input - array",
+			input: []byte("\x84\x20\x00\x18\xc8\x14"), // [-1, 0, 200, 20]
+			want:  "[-1,0,200,20]",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := DecodeObjectToStr(tt.input)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("DecodeObjectToStr() = %q, want %q", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeIfBinaryToBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input []byte
+		want  []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "non-binary input",
+			input: []byte(`{"key":"value"}`),
+			want:  []byte(`{"key":"value"}`),
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "binary input - simple object",
+			input: []byte("\xbf\x64IETF\x20\xff"), // {"IETF": -1} in indefinite length CBOR
+			want:  []byte("{\"IETF\":-1}\n"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "binary input - multiple objects",
+			input: []byte("\xbf\x64IETF\x20\xff\xbf\x65Array\x84\x20\x00\x18\xc8\x14\xff"), // Two objects
+			want:  []byte("{\"IETF\":-1}\n{\"Array\":[-1,0,200,20]}\n"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := DecodeIfBinaryToBytes(tt.input)
+			if !bytes.Equal(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("DecodeIfBinaryToBytes() = %q, want %q", string(got), string(tt.want))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeEmbeddedCBOR(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test embedded CBOR tag: 0xD8 0x3F (tag 63) followed by byte string
+	// 0xD8 = major type 6 (tags) + additional type 24 (uint8 follows)
+	// 0x3F = 63 (additionalTypeEmbeddedCBOR)
+	// 0x43 = major type 2 (byte string) + length 3
+	// 0x01 0x02 0x03 = the embedded CBOR data
+
+	embeddedCBOR := []byte("\xd8\x3f\x43\x01\x02\x03")
+	expected := "\"data:application/cbor;base64,AQID\""
+
+	got := decodeTagData(getReader(string(embeddedCBOR)))
+	if string(got) != expected {
+		t.Errorf("decodeTagData(embedded CBOR) = %q, want %q", string(got), expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeEmbeddedJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("valid embedded JSON", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Test embedded JSON tag: 0xD9 0x01 0x06 (tag 262) followed by byte string.
+		// 0xD9 = major type 6 (tags) + additional type 25 (uint16 follows)
+		// 0x01 0x06 = 262 (additionalTypeEmbeddedJSON)
+		// 0x47 = major type 2 (byte string) + length 7
+		// {"a":1} = embedded JSON payload (no surrounding quotes expected)
+		embeddedJSON := []byte("\xd9\x01\x06\x47{\"a\":1}")
+		expected := "{\"a\":1}"
+
+		got := decodeTagData(getReader(string(embeddedJSON)))
+		if string(got) != expected {
+			t.Errorf("decodeTagData(embedded JSON) = %q, want %q", string(got), expected)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("unsupported embedded type panics", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Same embedded JSON tag, but followed by a UTF-8 string instead of a byte string.
+		// This should hit the "Unsupported embedded Type" panic branch.
+		bad := []byte("\xd9\x01\x06\x61x")
+
+		defer func() {
+			if r := recover(); r == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected panic, got none")
+			}
+		}()
+
+		_ = decodeTagData(getReader(string(bad)))
+	})
+}
+
+func TestDecodeHexString(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test hex string tag: 0xD9 0x01 0x07 (tag 263) followed by byte string
+	// 0xD9 = major type 6 (tags) + additional type 25 (uint16 follows)
+	// 0x01 0x07 = 263 (additionalTypeTagHexString)
+	// 0x43 = major type 2 (byte string) + length 3
+	// 0x01 0x02 0x03 = the byte data to hex encode
+
+	hexString := []byte("\xd9\x01\x07\x43\x01\x02\x03")
+	expected := "\"010203\""
+
+	got := decodeTagData(getReader(string(hexString)))
+	if string(got) != expected {
+		t.Errorf("decodeTagData(hex string) = %q, want %q", string(got), expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecodeSimpleFloat(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input string
+		want  string
+	}{
+		// Boolean and null cases (already covered)
+		{"true", "\xf5", "true"},
+		{"false", "\xf4", "false"},
+		{"null", "\xf6", "null"},
+
+		// Float32 cases
+		{"float32 1.0", "\xfa\x3f\x80\x00\x00", "1"},
+		{"float32 1.5", "\xfa\x3f\xc0\x00\x00", "1.5"},
+		{"float32 +Inf", "\xfa\x7f\x80\x00\x00", "\"+Inf\""},
+		{"float32 -Inf", "\xfa\xff\x80\x00\x00", "\"-Inf\""},
+		{"float32 NaN", "\xfa\x7f\xc0\x00\x00", "\"NaN\""},
+
+		// Float64 cases
+		{"float64 1.0", "\xfb\x3f\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", "1"},
+		{"float64 +Inf", "\xfb\x7f\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", "\"+Inf\""},
+		{"float64 -Inf", "\xfb\xff\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", "\"-Inf\""},
+		{"float64 NaN", "\xfb\x7f\xf8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", "\"NaN\""},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := decodeSimpleFloat(getReader(tt.input))
+			if string(got) != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("decodeSimpleFloat(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.input, string(got), tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/cbor/string.go

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 package cbor
 
+import "fmt"
+
 // AppendStrings encodes and adds an array of strings to the dst byte array.
 func (e Encoder) AppendStrings(dst []byte, vals []string) []byte {
 	major := majorTypeArray
 	l := len(vals)
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -23,13 +25,38 @@ func (Encoder) AppendString(dst []byte, s string) []byte {
 	l := len(s)
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, majorTypeUtf8String, uint64(l))
 	}
 	return append(dst, s...)
 }
 
+// AppendStringers encodes and adds an array of Stringer values
+// to the dst byte array.
+func (e Encoder) AppendStringers(dst []byte, vals []fmt.Stringer) []byte {
+	if vals == nil || len(vals) == 0 {
+		return e.AppendArrayEnd(e.AppendArrayStart(dst))
+	}
+	dst = e.AppendArrayStart(dst)
+	dst = e.AppendStringer(dst, vals[0])
+	if len(vals) > 1 {
+		for _, val := range vals[1:] {
+			dst = e.AppendStringer(dst, val)
+		}
+	}
+	return e.AppendArrayEnd(dst)
+}
+
+// AppendStringer encodes and adds the Stringer value to the dst
+// byte array.
+func (e Encoder) AppendStringer(dst []byte, val fmt.Stringer) []byte {
+	if val == nil {
+		return e.AppendNil(dst)
+	}
+	return e.AppendString(dst, val.String())
+}
+
 // AppendBytes encodes and adds an array of bytes to the dst byte array.
 func (Encoder) AppendBytes(dst, s []byte) []byte {
 	major := majorTypeByteString
@@ -37,7 +64,7 @@ func (Encoder) AppendBytes(dst, s []byte) []byte {
 	l := len(s)
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -50,7 +77,7 @@ func AppendEmbeddedJSON(dst, s []byte) []byte {
 	minor := additionalTypeEmbeddedJSON
 
 	// Append the TAG to indicate this is Embedded JSON.
-	dst = append(dst, byte(major|additionalTypeIntUint16))
+	dst = append(dst, major|additionalTypeIntUint16)
 	dst = append(dst, byte(minor>>8))
 	dst = append(dst, byte(minor&0xff))
 
@@ -60,7 +87,29 @@ func AppendEmbeddedJSON(dst, s []byte) []byte {
 	l := len(s)
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
+	} else {
+		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
+	}
+	return append(dst, s...)
+}
+
+// AppendEmbeddedCBOR adds a tag and embeds input CBOR as such.
+func AppendEmbeddedCBOR(dst, s []byte) []byte {
+	major := majorTypeTags
+	minor := additionalTypeEmbeddedCBOR
+
+	// Append the TAG to indicate this is Embedded JSON.
+	dst = append(dst, major|additionalTypeIntUint8)
+	dst = append(dst, minor)
+
+	// Append the CBOR Object as Byte String.
+	major = majorTypeByteString
+
+	l := len(s)
+	if l <= additionalMax {
+		lb := byte(l)
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}

internal/cbor/string_test.go

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ package cbor
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal"
 )
 
 var encodeStringTests = []struct {
@@ -12,6 +15,13 @@ var encodeStringTests = []struct {
 }{
 	{"", "\x60", ""},
 	{"\\", "\x61\x5c", "\\\\"},
+	{"\"", "\x61\x22", "\\\""},
+	{"\b", "\x61\x08", "\\b"},
+	{"\f", "\x61\x0c", "\\f"},
+	{"\n", "\x61\x0a", "\\n"},
+	{"\r", "\x61\x0d", "\\r"},
+	{"\t", "\x61\x09", "\\t"},
+	{"Hi\t", "\x63Hi\x09", "Hi\\t"},
 	{"\x00", "\x61\x00", "\\u0000"},
 	{"\x01", "\x61\x01", "\\u0001"},
 	{"\x02", "\x61\x02", "\\u0002"},
@@ -31,6 +41,7 @@ var encodeStringTests = []struct {
 			"<------------------------------------  This is a 100 character string ----------------------------->" +
 			"<------------------------------------  This is a 100 character string ----------------------------->"},
 	{"emoji \u2764\ufe0f!", "\x6demoji ❤️!", "emoji \u2764\ufe0f!"},
+	{"invalid utf8 \xff", "\x6einvalid utf8 \xff", "invalid utf8 \\ufffd"},
 }
 
 var encodeByteTests = []struct {
@@ -44,6 +55,9 @@ var encodeByteTests = []struct {
 	{[]byte("\x02"), "\x41\x02"},
 	{[]byte("\x03"), "\x41\x03"},
 	{[]byte("\x04"), "\x41\x04"},
+	{[]byte("\f"), "\x41\x0C"},
+	{[]byte("\n"), "\x41\x0A"},
+	{[]byte("\r"), "\x41\x0D"},
 	{[]byte("*"), "\x41*"},
 	{[]byte("a"), "\x41a"},
 	{[]byte("IETF"), "\x44IETF"},
@@ -77,6 +91,90 @@ func TestAppendString(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("appendString(%q) = %#q, want %#q", inp, got, want)
 	}
 }
+func TestAppendStrings(t *testing.T) {
+	array := []string{}
+	for _, tt := range encodeStringTests {
+		array = append(array, tt.plain)
+	}
+	want := make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, 0x95) // start array
+	for _, tt := range encodeStringTests {
+		want = append(want, []byte(tt.binary)...)
+	}
+
+	got := enc.AppendStrings([]byte{}, array)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendStrings(%v)\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			array,
+			hex.EncodeToString(got),
+			hex.EncodeToString(want))
+	}
+
+	// now empty array case
+	array = make([]string, 0)
+	want = make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, 0x80) // start an empty string array
+	got = enc.AppendStrings([]byte{}, array)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendStrings(%v)\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			array, hex.EncodeToString(got),
+			hex.EncodeToString(want))
+	}
+
+	// now large array case
+	array = make([]string, 24)
+	want = make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, 0x98) // start a large array
+	want = append(want, 0x18) // of length 24
+	for i := 0; i < len(array); i++ {
+		array[i] = "test"
+		want = append(want, []byte("\x64test")...)
+	}
+	got = enc.AppendStrings([]byte{}, array)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendStrings(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+			array,
+			hex.EncodeToString(got),
+			hex.EncodeToString(want))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendStringer(t *testing.T) {
+	oldJSONMarshalFunc := JSONMarshalFunc
+	defer func() {
+		JSONMarshalFunc = oldJSONMarshalFunc
+	}()
+
+	JSONMarshalFunc = func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+		return internal.InterfaceMarshalFunc(v)
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range internal.EncodeStringerTests {
+		got := enc.AppendStringer([]byte{}, tt.In)
+		want := []byte(tt.Binary)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendStrings(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				tt.In,
+				hex.EncodeToString(got),
+				hex.EncodeToString(want))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendStringers(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range internal.EncodeStringersTests {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, []byte(tt.Binary)...)
+
+		got := enc.AppendStringers([]byte{}, tt.In)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendStrings(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				tt,
+				hex.EncodeToString(got),
+				hex.EncodeToString(want))
+		}
+	}
+}
 
 func TestAppendBytes(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range encodeByteTests {
@@ -97,6 +195,7 @@ func TestAppendBytes(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("appendString(%q) = %#q, want %#q", inp, got, want)
 	}
 }
+
 func BenchmarkAppendString(b *testing.B) {
 	tests := map[string]string{
 		"NoEncoding":       `aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa`,
@@ -116,3 +215,69 @@ func BenchmarkAppendString(b *testing.B) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAppendEmbeddedJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input []byte
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "empty JSON",
+			input: []byte{},
+			want:  "\xd9\x01\x06@", // tag 0xd9 + empty byte string
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "small JSON",
+			input: []byte(`{"key":"value"}`),
+			want:  "\xd9\x01\x06O{\"key\":\"value\"}", // tag 0xd9 + byte string with content
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "large JSON (>23 bytes)",
+			input: []byte(`{"key":"this is a very long value that exceeds the 23 byte limit for direct encoding"}`),
+			want:  "\xd9\x01\x06XV{\"key\":\"this is a very long value that exceeds the 23 byte limit for direct encoding\"}",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := AppendEmbeddedJSON([]byte{}, tt.input)
+			if string(got) != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("AppendEmbeddedJSON() = %q, want %q", string(got), tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendEmbeddedCBOR(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input []byte
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "empty CBOR",
+			input: []byte{},
+			want:  "\xd8?@", // tag 0xd8 + empty byte string
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "small CBOR",
+			input: []byte{0x01, 0x02, 0x03},
+			want:  "\xd8?C\x01\x02\x03", // tag 0xd8 + byte string with 3 bytes
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "large CBOR (>23 bytes)",
+			input: make([]byte, 30),                        // 30 bytes of zeros
+			want:  "\xd8?X\x1e" + string(make([]byte, 30)), // tag 0xd8 + byte string with length prefix
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := AppendEmbeddedCBOR([]byte{}, tt.input)
+			if string(got) != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("AppendEmbeddedCBOR() = %q, want %q", string(got), tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/cbor/time.go

@@ -4,10 +4,21 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+const (
+	// Import from zerolog/global.go
+	timeFormatUnix       = ""
+	timeFormatUnixMs     = "UNIXMS"
+	timeFormatUnixMicro  = "UNIXMICRO"
+	timeFormatUnixNano   = "UNIXNANO"
+	durationFormatFloat  = "float"
+	durationFormatInt    = "int"
+	durationFormatString = "string"
+)
+
 func appendIntegerTimestamp(dst []byte, t time.Time) []byte {
 	major := majorTypeTags
 	minor := additionalTypeTimestamp
-	dst = append(dst, byte(major|minor))
+	dst = append(dst, major|minor)
 	secs := t.Unix()
 	var val uint64
 	if secs < 0 {
@@ -17,19 +28,18 @@ func appendIntegerTimestamp(dst []byte, t time.Time) []byte {
 		major = majorTypeUnsignedInt
 		val = uint64(secs)
 	}
-	dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(val))
+	dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, val)
 	return dst
 }
 
 func (e Encoder) appendFloatTimestamp(dst []byte, t time.Time) []byte {
 	major := majorTypeTags
 	minor := additionalTypeTimestamp
-	dst = append(dst, byte(major|minor))
+	dst = append(dst, major|minor)
 	secs := t.Unix()
 	nanos := t.Nanosecond()
-	var val float64
-	val = float64(secs)*1.0 + float64(nanos)*1E-9
-	return e.AppendFloat64(dst, val)
+	val := float64(secs)*1.0 + float64(nanos)*1e-9
+	return e.AppendFloat64(dst, val, -1)
 }
 
 // AppendTime encodes and adds a timestamp to the dst byte array.
@@ -50,7 +60,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendTimes(dst []byte, vals []time.Time, unused string) []byte
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -64,17 +74,25 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendTimes(dst []byte, vals []time.Time, unused string) []byte
 // AppendDuration encodes and adds a duration to the dst byte array.
 // useInt field indicates whether to store the duration as seconds (integer) or
 // as seconds+nanoseconds (float).
-func (e Encoder) AppendDuration(dst []byte, d time.Duration, unit time.Duration, useInt bool) []byte {
+func (e Encoder) AppendDuration(dst []byte, d time.Duration, unit time.Duration, format string, useInt bool, unused int) []byte {
 	if useInt {
 		return e.AppendInt64(dst, int64(d/unit))
 	}
-	return e.AppendFloat64(dst, float64(d)/float64(unit))
+	switch format {
+	case durationFormatFloat:
+		return e.AppendFloat64(dst, float64(d)/float64(unit), unused)
+	case durationFormatInt:
+		return e.AppendInt64(dst, int64(d/unit))
+	case durationFormatString:
+		return e.AppendString(dst, d.String())
+	}
+	return e.AppendFloat64(dst, float64(d)/float64(unit), unused)
 }
 
 // AppendDurations encodes and adds an array of durations to the dst byte array.
 // useInt field indicates whether to store the duration as seconds (integer) or
 // as seconds+nanoseconds (float).
-func (e Encoder) AppendDurations(dst []byte, vals []time.Duration, unit time.Duration, useInt bool) []byte {
+func (e Encoder) AppendDurations(dst []byte, vals []time.Duration, unit time.Duration, format string, useInt bool, unused int) []byte {
 	major := majorTypeArray
 	l := len(vals)
 	if l == 0 {
@@ -82,12 +100,12 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendDurations(dst []byte, vals []time.Duration, unit time.Dur
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
 	for _, d := range vals {
-		dst = e.AppendDuration(dst, d, unit, useInt)
+		dst = e.AppendDuration(dst, d, unit, format, useInt, unused)
 	}
 	return dst
 }

internal/cbor/time_test.go

@@ -1,19 +1,161 @@
 package cbor
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal"
 )
 
+func TestEncoder_AppendDuration(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		dst    []byte
+		d      time.Duration
+		unit   time.Duration
+		format string
+		useInt bool
+		unused int
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "useInt",
+			args: args{
+				d:      1234567890,
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				useInt: true,
+			},
+			want: []byte{1},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatFloat",
+			args: args{
+				d:      1234567890,
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatFloat,
+			},
+			want: []byte{251, 63, 243, 192, 202, 66, 131, 222, 27},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatInt",
+			args: args{
+				d:      1234567890,
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatInt,
+			},
+			want: []byte{1},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatString",
+			args: args{
+				d:      1234567890,
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatString,
+			},
+			want: []byte{107, 49, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 115},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatBlank",
+			args: args{
+				d:    1234567890,
+				unit: time.Second,
+			},
+			want: []byte{251, 63, 243, 192, 202, 66, 131, 222, 27},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			e := Encoder{}
+			if got := e.AppendDuration(tt.args.dst, tt.args.d, tt.args.unit, tt.args.format, tt.args.useInt, tt.args.unused); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("AppendDuration() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEncoder_AppendDurations(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		dst    []byte
+		vals   []time.Duration
+		unit   time.Duration
+		format string
+		useInt bool
+		unused int
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "useInt",
+			args: args{
+				vals:   []time.Duration{1234567890},
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				useInt: true,
+			},
+			want: []byte{129, 1},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatFloat",
+			args: args{
+				vals:   []time.Duration{1234567890},
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatFloat,
+			},
+			want: []byte{129, 251, 63, 243, 192, 202, 66, 131, 222, 27},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatInt",
+			args: args{
+				vals:   []time.Duration{1234567890},
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatInt,
+			},
+			want: []byte{129, 1},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatString",
+			args: args{
+				vals:   []time.Duration{1234567890},
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatString,
+			},
+			want: []byte{129, 107, 49, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 115},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatBlank",
+			args: args{
+				vals: []time.Duration{1234567890},
+				unit: time.Second,
+			},
+			want: []byte{129, 251, 63, 243, 192, 202, 66, 131, 222, 27},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			e := Encoder{}
+			if got := e.AppendDurations(tt.args.dst, tt.args.vals, tt.args.unit, tt.args.format, tt.args.useInt, tt.args.unused); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("AppendDurations() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAppendTimeNow(t *testing.T) {
 	tm := time.Now()
 	s := enc.AppendTime([]byte{}, tm, "unused")
 	got := string(s)
 
-	tm1 := float64(tm.Unix()) + float64(tm.Nanosecond())*1E-9
+	tm1 := float64(tm.Unix()) + float64(tm.Nanosecond())*1e-9
 	tm2 := math.Float64bits(tm1)
 	var tm3 [8]byte
 	for i := uint(0); i < 8; i++ {
@@ -27,55 +169,162 @@ func TestAppendTimeNow(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-var timeIntegerTestcases = []struct {
-	txt    string
-	binary string
-	rfcStr string
-}{
-	{"2013-02-03T19:54:00-08:00", "\xc1\x1a\x51\x0f\x30\xd8", "2013-02-04T03:54:00Z"},
-	{"1950-02-03T19:54:00-08:00", "\xc1\x3a\x25\x71\x93\xa7", "1950-02-04T03:54:00Z"},
-}
-
 func TestAppendTimePastPresentInteger(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tt := range timeIntegerTestcases {
-		tin, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, tt.txt)
+	for _, tt := range internal.TimeIntegerTestcases {
+		tin, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, tt.Txt)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("Cannot parse input", tt.txt, ".. Skipping!", err)
+			fmt.Println("Cannot parse input", tt.Txt, ".. Skipping!", err)
 			continue
 		}
 		b := enc.AppendTime([]byte{}, tin, "unused")
-		if got, want := string(b), tt.binary; got != want {
-			t.Errorf("appendString(%s) = 0x%s, want 0x%s", tt.txt,
+		if got, want := string(b), tt.Binary; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("appendString(%s) = 0x%s, want 0x%s", tt.Txt,
 				hex.EncodeToString(b),
 				hex.EncodeToString([]byte(want)))
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-var timeFloatTestcases = []struct {
-	rfcStr string
-	out    string
-}{
-	{"2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999-08:00", "\xc1\xfb\x41\xd0\xee\x6c\x59\x7f\xff\xfc"},
-	{"1956-01-02T15:04:05.999999-08:00", "\xc1\xfb\xc1\xba\x53\x81\x1a\x00\x00\x11"},
-}
-
 func TestAppendTimePastPresentFloat(t *testing.T) {
 	const timeFloatFmt = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999-07:00"
-	for _, tt := range timeFloatTestcases {
-		tin, err := time.Parse(timeFloatFmt, tt.rfcStr)
+	for _, tt := range internal.TimeFloatTestcases {
+		tin, err := time.Parse(timeFloatFmt, tt.RfcStr)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("Cannot parse input", tt.rfcStr, ".. Skipping!")
+			fmt.Println("Cannot parse input", tt.RfcStr, ".. Skipping!")
 			continue
 		}
 		b := enc.AppendTime([]byte{}, tin, "unused")
-		if got, want := string(b), tt.out; got != want {
-			t.Errorf("appendString(%s) = 0x%s, want 0x%s", tt.rfcStr,
+		if got, want := string(b), tt.Out; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("appendString(%s) = 0x%s, want 0x%s", tt.RfcStr,
 				hex.EncodeToString(b),
 				hex.EncodeToString([]byte(want)))
 		}
 	}
 }
+func TestAppendTimes(t *testing.T) {
+	const timeFloatFmt = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999-07:00"
+	array := make([]time.Time, len(internal.TimeFloatTestcases))
+	want := make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, 0x82) // start small array
+	for i, tt := range internal.TimeFloatTestcases {
+		array[i], _ = time.Parse(timeFloatFmt, tt.RfcStr)
+		want = append(want, []byte(tt.Out)...)
+	}
+
+	got := enc.AppendTimes([]byte{}, array, "unused")
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendTimes(%v)\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			array, hex.EncodeToString(got),
+			hex.EncodeToString(want))
+	}
+
+	// now empty array case
+	array = make([]time.Time, 0)
+	want = make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, 0x9f) // start and end array
+	want = append(want, 0xff) // for empty array
+	got = enc.AppendTimes([]byte{}, array, "unused")
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendTimes(%v)\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			array, hex.EncodeToString(got),
+			hex.EncodeToString(want))
+	}
+
+	// now large array case
+	testtime, _ := time.Parse(timeFloatFmt, internal.TimeFloatTestcases[0].RfcStr)
+	outbytes := internal.TimeFloatTestcases[0].Out
+	array = make([]time.Time, 24)
+	want = make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, 0x98) // start a large array
+	want = append(want, 0x18) // of length 24
+	for i := 0; i < len(array); i++ {
+		array[i] = testtime
+		want = append(want, []byte(outbytes)...)
+	}
+	got = enc.AppendTimes([]byte{}, array, "unused")
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendTimes(%v)\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			array,
+			hex.EncodeToString(got),
+			hex.EncodeToString(want))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendDurationFloat(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range internal.DurTestcases {
+		dur := tt.Duration
+		want := []byte{}
+		want = append(want, []byte(tt.FloatOut)...)
+		got := enc.AppendDuration([]byte{}, dur, time.Microsecond, "", false, -1)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendDuration(%v)=\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+				dur,
+				hex.EncodeToString(got),
+				hex.EncodeToString(want))
+		}
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendDurationInteger(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range internal.DurTestcases {
+		dur := tt.Duration
+		want := []byte{}
+		want = append(want, []byte(tt.IntegerOut)...)
+		got := enc.AppendDuration([]byte{}, dur, time.Microsecond, "", true, -1)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendDuration(%v)=\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+				dur,
+				hex.EncodeToString(got),
+				hex.EncodeToString(want))
+		}
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendDurations(t *testing.T) {
+	array := make([]time.Duration, len(internal.DurTestcases))
+	want := make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, 0x83) // start 3 element array
+	for i, tt := range internal.DurTestcases {
+		array[i] = tt.Duration
+		want = append(want, []byte(tt.FloatOut)...)
+	}
+
+	got := enc.AppendDurations([]byte{}, array, time.Microsecond, "", false, -1)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendDurations(%v)\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			array, hex.EncodeToString(got),
+			hex.EncodeToString(want))
+	}
+
+	// now empty array case
+	array = make([]time.Duration, 0)
+	want = make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, 0x9f) // start and end array
+	want = append(want, 0xff) // for empty array
+	got = enc.AppendDurations([]byte{}, array, time.Microsecond, "", false, -1)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendDurations(%v)\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			array, hex.EncodeToString(got),
+			hex.EncodeToString(want))
+	}
+
+	// now large array case
+	testtime := internal.DurTestcases[0].Duration
+	outbytes := internal.DurTestcases[0].FloatOut
+	array = make([]time.Duration, 24)
+	want = make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, 0x98) // start a large array
+	want = append(want, 0x18) // of length 24
+	for i := 0; i < len(array); i++ {
+		array[i] = testtime
+		want = append(want, []byte(outbytes)...)
+	}
+	got = enc.AppendDurations([]byte{}, array, time.Microsecond, "", false, -1)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendDurations(%v)\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			array,
+			hex.EncodeToString(got),
+			hex.EncodeToString(want))
+	}
+}
 
 func BenchmarkAppendTime(b *testing.B) {
 	tests := map[string]string{

internal/cbor/types.go

@@ -1,42 +1,42 @@
 package cbor
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"net"
+	"reflect"
 )
 
 // AppendNil inserts a 'Nil' object into the dst byte array.
 func (Encoder) AppendNil(dst []byte) []byte {
-	return append(dst, byte(majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeNull))
+	return append(dst, majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeNull)
 }
 
 // AppendBeginMarker inserts a map start into the dst byte array.
 func (Encoder) AppendBeginMarker(dst []byte) []byte {
-	return append(dst, byte(majorTypeMap|additionalTypeInfiniteCount))
+	return append(dst, majorTypeMap|additionalTypeInfiniteCount)
 }
 
 // AppendEndMarker inserts a map end into the dst byte array.
 func (Encoder) AppendEndMarker(dst []byte) []byte {
-	return append(dst, byte(majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak))
+	return append(dst, majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak)
 }
 
 // AppendObjectData takes an object in form of a byte array and appends to dst.
 func (Encoder) AppendObjectData(dst []byte, o []byte) []byte {
-        // BeginMarker is present in the dst, which
-        // should not be copied when appending to existing data.
-        return append(dst, o[1:]...)
+	// BeginMarker is present in the dst, which
+	// should not be copied when appending to existing data.
+	return append(dst, o[1:]...)
 }
 
 // AppendArrayStart adds markers to indicate the start of an array.
 func (Encoder) AppendArrayStart(dst []byte) []byte {
-	return append(dst, byte(majorTypeArray|additionalTypeInfiniteCount))
+	return append(dst, majorTypeArray|additionalTypeInfiniteCount)
 }
 
 // AppendArrayEnd adds markers to indicate the end of an array.
 func (Encoder) AppendArrayEnd(dst []byte) []byte {
-	return append(dst, byte(majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak))
+	return append(dst, majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|additionalTypeBreak)
 }
 
 // AppendArrayDelim adds markers to indicate end of a particular array element.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (Encoder) AppendBool(dst []byte, val bool) []byte {
 	if val {
 		b = additionalTypeBoolTrue
 	}
-	return append(dst, byte(majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|b))
+	return append(dst, majorTypeSimpleAndFloat|b)
 }
 
 // AppendBools encodes and inserts an array of boolean values into the dst byte array.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendBools(dst []byte, vals []bool) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (Encoder) AppendInt(dst []byte, val int) []byte {
 	}
 	if contentVal <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(contentVal)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(contentVal))
 	}
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendInts(dst []byte, vals []int) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendInts8(dst []byte, vals []int8) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendInts16(dst []byte, vals []int16) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendInts32(dst []byte, vals []int32) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func (Encoder) AppendInt64(dst []byte, val int64) []byte {
 	}
 	if contentVal <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(contentVal)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(contentVal))
 	}
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendInts64(dst []byte, vals []int64) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendUints(dst []byte, vals []uint) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendUints8(dst []byte, vals []uint8) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendUints16(dst []byte, vals []uint16) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendUints32(dst []byte, vals []uint32) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ func (Encoder) AppendUint64(dst []byte, val uint64) []byte {
 	contentVal := val
 	if contentVal <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(contentVal)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
-		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(contentVal))
+		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, contentVal)
 	}
 	return dst
 }
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendUints64(dst []byte, vals []uint64) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendUints64(dst []byte, vals []uint64) []byte {
 }
 
 // AppendFloat32 encodes and inserts a single precision float value into the dst byte array.
-func (Encoder) AppendFloat32(dst []byte, val float32) []byte {
+func (Encoder) AppendFloat32(dst []byte, val float32, unused int) []byte {
 	switch {
 	case math.IsNaN(float64(val)):
 		return append(dst, "\xfa\x7f\xc0\x00\x00"...)
@@ -368,11 +368,11 @@ func (Encoder) AppendFloat32(dst []byte, val float32) []byte {
 	for i := uint(0); i < 4; i++ {
 		buf[i] = byte(n >> ((3 - i) * 8))
 	}
-	return append(append(dst, byte(major|subType)), buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3])
+	return append(append(dst, major|subType), buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3])
 }
 
 // AppendFloats32 encodes and inserts an array of single precision float value into the dst byte array.
-func (e Encoder) AppendFloats32(dst []byte, vals []float32) []byte {
+func (e Encoder) AppendFloats32(dst []byte, vals []float32, unused int) []byte {
 	major := majorTypeArray
 	l := len(vals)
 	if l == 0 {
@@ -380,18 +380,18 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendFloats32(dst []byte, vals []float32) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
 	for _, v := range vals {
-		dst = e.AppendFloat32(dst, v)
+		dst = e.AppendFloat32(dst, v, unused)
 	}
 	return dst
 }
 
 // AppendFloat64 encodes and inserts a double precision float value into the dst byte array.
-func (Encoder) AppendFloat64(dst []byte, val float64) []byte {
+func (Encoder) AppendFloat64(dst []byte, val float64, unused int) []byte {
 	switch {
 	case math.IsNaN(val):
 		return append(dst, "\xfb\x7f\xf8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"...)
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ func (Encoder) AppendFloat64(dst []byte, val float64) []byte {
 	major := majorTypeSimpleAndFloat
 	subType := additionalTypeFloat64
 	n := math.Float64bits(val)
-	dst = append(dst, byte(major|subType))
+	dst = append(dst, major|subType)
 	for i := uint(1); i <= 8; i++ {
 		b := byte(n >> ((8 - i) * 8))
 		dst = append(dst, b)
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ func (Encoder) AppendFloat64(dst []byte, val float64) []byte {
 }
 
 // AppendFloats64 encodes and inserts an array of double precision float values into the dst byte array.
-func (e Encoder) AppendFloats64(dst []byte, vals []float64) []byte {
+func (e Encoder) AppendFloats64(dst []byte, vals []float64, unused int) []byte {
 	major := majorTypeArray
 	l := len(vals)
 	if l == 0 {
@@ -420,50 +420,96 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendFloats64(dst []byte, vals []float64) []byte {
 	}
 	if l <= additionalMax {
 		lb := byte(l)
-		dst = append(dst, byte(major|lb))
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
 	} else {
 		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
 	}
 	for _, v := range vals {
-		dst = e.AppendFloat64(dst, v)
+		dst = e.AppendFloat64(dst, v, unused)
 	}
 	return dst
 }
 
 // AppendInterface takes an arbitrary object and converts it to JSON and embeds it dst.
 func (e Encoder) AppendInterface(dst []byte, i interface{}) []byte {
-	marshaled, err := json.Marshal(i)
+	marshaled, err := JSONMarshalFunc(i)
 	if err != nil {
 		return e.AppendString(dst, fmt.Sprintf("marshaling error: %v", err))
 	}
 	return AppendEmbeddedJSON(dst, marshaled)
 }
 
-// AppendIPAddr encodes and inserts an IP Address (IPv4 or IPv6).
+// AppendType appends the parameter type (as a string) to the input byte slice.
+func (e Encoder) AppendType(dst []byte, i interface{}) []byte {
+	if i == nil {
+		return e.AppendString(dst, "<nil>")
+	}
+	return e.AppendString(dst, reflect.TypeOf(i).String())
+}
+
+// AppendIPAddr adds a net.IP IPv4 or IPv6 address into the dst byte array.
 func (e Encoder) AppendIPAddr(dst []byte, ip net.IP) []byte {
-	dst = append(dst, byte(majorTypeTags|additionalTypeIntUint16))
+	dst = append(dst, majorTypeTags|additionalTypeIntUint16)
 	dst = append(dst, byte(additionalTypeTagNetworkAddr>>8))
 	dst = append(dst, byte(additionalTypeTagNetworkAddr&0xff))
 	return e.AppendBytes(dst, ip)
 }
 
-// AppendIPPrefix encodes and inserts an IP Address Prefix (Address + Mask Length).
+// AppendIPAddrs adds a []net.IP array of IPv4 or IPv6 address into the dst byte array.
+func (e Encoder) AppendIPAddrs(dst []byte, ips []net.IP) []byte {
+	major := majorTypeArray
+	l := len(ips)
+	if l == 0 {
+		return e.AppendArrayEnd(e.AppendArrayStart(dst))
+	}
+	if l <= additionalMax {
+		lb := byte(l)
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
+	} else {
+		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
+	}
+	for _, v := range ips {
+		dst = e.AppendIPAddr(dst, v)
+	}
+	return dst
+}
+
+// AppendIPPrefix adds a net.IPNet IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (address & mask) into the dst byte array.
 func (e Encoder) AppendIPPrefix(dst []byte, pfx net.IPNet) []byte {
-	dst = append(dst, byte(majorTypeTags|additionalTypeIntUint16))
+	dst = append(dst, majorTypeTags|additionalTypeIntUint16)
 	dst = append(dst, byte(additionalTypeTagNetworkPrefix>>8))
 	dst = append(dst, byte(additionalTypeTagNetworkPrefix&0xff))
 
 	// Prefix is a tuple (aka MAP of 1 pair of elements) -
 	// first element is prefix, second is mask length.
-	dst = append(dst, byte(majorTypeMap|0x1))
+	dst = append(dst, majorTypeMap|0x1)
 	dst = e.AppendBytes(dst, pfx.IP)
 	maskLen, _ := pfx.Mask.Size()
 	return e.AppendUint8(dst, uint8(maskLen))
 }
 
-// AppendMACAddr encodes and inserts an Hardware (MAC) address.
+// AppendIPPrefixes adds a []net.IPNet array of IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (address & mask) into the dst byte array.
+func (e Encoder) AppendIPPrefixes(dst []byte, pfxs []net.IPNet) []byte {
+	major := majorTypeArray
+	l := len(pfxs)
+	if l == 0 {
+		return e.AppendArrayEnd(e.AppendArrayStart(dst))
+	}
+	if l <= additionalMax {
+		lb := byte(l)
+		dst = append(dst, major|lb)
+	} else {
+		dst = appendCborTypePrefix(dst, major, uint64(l))
+	}
+	for _, v := range pfxs {
+		dst = e.AppendIPPrefix(dst, v)
+	}
+	return dst
+}
+
+// AppendMACAddr encodes and inserts a Hardware (MAC) address.
 func (e Encoder) AppendMACAddr(dst []byte, ha net.HardwareAddr) []byte {
-	dst = append(dst, byte(majorTypeTags|additionalTypeIntUint16))
+	dst = append(dst, majorTypeTags|additionalTypeIntUint16)
 	dst = append(dst, byte(additionalTypeTagNetworkAddr>>8))
 	dst = append(dst, byte(additionalTypeTagNetworkAddr&0xff))
 	return e.AppendBytes(dst, ha)
@@ -471,7 +517,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendMACAddr(dst []byte, ha net.HardwareAddr) []byte {
 
 // AppendHex adds a TAG and inserts a hex bytes as a string.
 func (e Encoder) AppendHex(dst []byte, val []byte) []byte {
-	dst = append(dst, byte(majorTypeTags|additionalTypeIntUint16))
+	dst = append(dst, majorTypeTags|additionalTypeIntUint16)
 	dst = append(dst, byte(additionalTypeTagHexString>>8))
 	dst = append(dst, byte(additionalTypeTagHexString&0xff))
 	return e.AppendBytes(dst, val)

internal/cbor/types_64_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// +build !386
+
+package cbor
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var enc2 = Encoder{}
+
+var integerTestCases_64bit = []struct {
+	val    int
+	binary string
+}{
+	// Value in 8 bytes.
+	{0xabcd100000000, "\x1b\x00\x0a\xbc\xd1\x00\x00\x00\x00"},
+	{1000000000000, "\x1b\x00\x00\x00\xe8\xd4\xa5\x10\x00"},
+	// Value in 8 bytes.
+	{-0xabcd100000001, "\x3b\x00\x0a\xbc\xd1\x00\x00\x00\x00"},
+	{-1000000000001, "\x3b\x00\x00\x00\xe8\xd4\xa5\x10\x00"},
+}
+
+func TestAppendInt_64bit(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range integerTestCases_64bit {
+		s := enc2.AppendInt([]byte{}, tc.val)
+		got := string(s)
+		if got != tc.binary {
+			t.Errorf("AppendInt(0x%x)=0x%s, want: 0x%s",
+				tc.val, hex.EncodeToString(s),
+				hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.binary)))
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/json/base.go

@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 package json
 
+// JSONMarshalFunc is used to marshal interface to JSON encoded byte slice.
+// Making it package level instead of embedded in Encoder brings
+// some extra efforts at importing, but avoids value copy when the functions
+// of Encoder being invoked.
+// DO REMEMBER to set this variable at importing, or
+// you might get a nil pointer dereference panic at runtime.
+var JSONMarshalFunc func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error)
+
 type Encoder struct{}
 
 // AppendKey appends a new key to the output JSON.
 func (e Encoder) AppendKey(dst []byte, key string) []byte {
-	if len(dst) > 1 && dst[len(dst)-1] != '{' {
+	if dst[len(dst)-1] != '{' {
 		dst = append(dst, ',')
 	}
-	dst = e.AppendString(dst, key)
-	return append(dst, ':')
-}
+	return append(e.AppendString(dst, key), ':')
+}

internal/json/base_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package json
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestAppendKey(t *testing.T) {
+	want := make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, []byte("{\"key\":")...)
+
+	got := enc.AppendKey([]byte("{"), "key") // test with empty object
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendKey(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+			"key",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+
+	want = make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, []byte("},\"key\":")...) // test with non-empty object
+
+	got = enc.AppendKey([]byte("}"), "key")
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendKey(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+			"key",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}

internal/json/bytes.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (Encoder) AppendBytes(dst, s []byte) []byte {
 func (Encoder) AppendHex(dst, s []byte) []byte {
 	dst = append(dst, '"')
 	for _, v := range s {
-		dst = append(dst, hex[v>>4], hex[v&0x0f])
+		dst = append(dst, hexCharacters[v>>4], hexCharacters[v&0x0f])
 	}
 	return append(dst, '"')
 }
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func appendBytesComplex(dst, s []byte, i int) []byte {
 		case '\t':
 			dst = append(dst, '\\', 't')
 		default:
-			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'u', '0', '0', hex[b>>4], hex[b&0xF])
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'u', '0', '0', hexCharacters[b>>4], hexCharacters[b&0xF])
 		}
 		i++
 		start = i

internal/json/bytes_test.go

@@ -3,24 +3,26 @@ package json
 import (
 	"testing"
 	"unicode"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal"
 )
 
 var enc = Encoder{}
 
 func TestAppendBytes(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tt := range encodeStringTests {
-		b := enc.AppendBytes([]byte{}, []byte(tt.in))
-		if got, want := string(b), tt.out; got != want {
-			t.Errorf("appendBytes(%q) = %#q, want %#q", tt.in, got, want)
+	for _, tt := range internal.EncodeStringTests {
+		b := enc.AppendBytes([]byte{}, []byte(tt.In))
+		if got, want := string(b), tt.Out; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("appendBytes(%q) = %#q, want %#q", tt.In, got, want)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func TestAppendHex(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tt := range encodeHexTests {
-		b := enc.AppendHex([]byte{}, []byte{tt.in})
-		if got, want := string(b), tt.out; got != want {
-			t.Errorf("appendHex(%x) = %s, want %s", tt.in, got, want)
+	for _, tt := range internal.EncodeHexTests {
+		b := enc.AppendHex([]byte{}, []byte{tt.In})
+		if got, want := string(b), tt.Out; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("appendHex(%x) = %s, want %s", tt.In, got, want)
 		}
 	}
 }

internal/json/float_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,433 @@
+package json
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"math/rand"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal"
+)
+
+var float64Tests = []struct {
+	Name string
+	Val  float64
+	Want string
+}{
+	{
+		Name: "Positive integer",
+		Val:  1234.0,
+		Want: "1234",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Negative integer",
+		Val:  -5678.0,
+		Want: "-5678",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Positive decimal",
+		Val:  12.3456,
+		Want: "12.3456",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Negative decimal",
+		Val:  -78.9012,
+		Want: "-78.9012",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Large positive number",
+		Val:  123456789.0,
+		Want: "123456789",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Large negative number",
+		Val:  -987654321.0,
+		Want: "-987654321",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Zero",
+		Val:  0.0,
+		Want: "0",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Smallest positive value",
+		Val:  math.SmallestNonzeroFloat64,
+		Want: "5e-324",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Largest positive value",
+		Val:  math.MaxFloat64,
+		Want: "1.7976931348623157e+308",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Smallest negative value",
+		Val:  -math.SmallestNonzeroFloat64,
+		Want: "-5e-324",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Largest negative value",
+		Val:  -math.MaxFloat64,
+		Want: "-1.7976931348623157e+308",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "NaN",
+		Val:  math.NaN(),
+		Want: `"NaN"`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "+Inf",
+		Val:  math.Inf(1),
+		Want: `"+Inf"`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "-Inf",
+		Val:  math.Inf(-1),
+		Want: `"-Inf"`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Clean up e-09 to e-9 case 1",
+		Val:  1e-9,
+		Want: "1e-9",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Clean up e-09 to e-9 case 2",
+		Val:  -2.236734e-9,
+		Want: "-2.236734e-9",
+	},
+}
+
+func TestEncoder_AppendFloat64(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range float64Tests {
+		t.Run(tc.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var b []byte
+			b = (Encoder{}).AppendFloat64(b, tc.Val, -1)
+			if s := string(b); tc.Want != s {
+				t.Errorf("%q", s)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func FuzzEncoder_AppendFloat64(f *testing.F) {
+	for _, tc := range float64Tests {
+		f.Add(tc.Val)
+	}
+	f.Fuzz(func(t *testing.T, val float64) {
+		actual := (Encoder{}).AppendFloat64(nil, val, -1)
+		if len(actual) == 0 {
+			t.Fatal("empty buffer")
+		}
+
+		if actual[0] == '"' {
+			switch string(actual) {
+			case `"NaN"`:
+				if !math.IsNaN(val) {
+					t.Fatalf("expected %v got NaN", val)
+				}
+			case `"+Inf"`:
+				if !math.IsInf(val, 1) {
+					t.Fatalf("expected %v got +Inf", val)
+				}
+			case `"-Inf"`:
+				if !math.IsInf(val, -1) {
+					t.Fatalf("expected %v got -Inf", val)
+				}
+			default:
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected string: %s", actual)
+			}
+			return
+		}
+
+		if expected, err := json.Marshal(val); err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		} else if string(actual) != string(expected) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expected, actual)
+		}
+
+		var parsed float64
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(actual, &parsed); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if parsed != val {
+			t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", val, parsed)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+var float32Tests = []struct {
+	Name string
+	Val  float32
+	Want string
+}{
+	{
+		Name: "Positive integer",
+		Val:  1234.0,
+		Want: "1234",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Negative integer",
+		Val:  -5678.0,
+		Want: "-5678",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Positive decimal",
+		Val:  12.3456,
+		Want: "12.3456",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Negative decimal",
+		Val:  -78.9012,
+		Want: "-78.9012",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Large positive number",
+		Val:  123456789.0,
+		Want: "123456790",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Large negative number",
+		Val:  -987654321.0,
+		Want: "-987654340",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Zero",
+		Val:  0.0,
+		Want: "0",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Smallest positive value",
+		Val:  math.SmallestNonzeroFloat32,
+		Want: "1e-45",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Largest positive value",
+		Val:  math.MaxFloat32,
+		Want: "3.4028235e+38",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Smallest negative value",
+		Val:  -math.SmallestNonzeroFloat32,
+		Want: "-1e-45",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Largest negative value",
+		Val:  -math.MaxFloat32,
+		Want: "-3.4028235e+38",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "NaN",
+		Val:  float32(math.NaN()),
+		Want: `"NaN"`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "+Inf",
+		Val:  float32(math.Inf(1)),
+		Want: `"+Inf"`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "-Inf",
+		Val:  float32(math.Inf(-1)),
+		Want: `"-Inf"`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Clean up e-09 to e-9 case 1",
+		Val:  1e-9,
+		Want: "1e-9",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "Clean up e-09 to e-9 case 2",
+		Val:  -2.236734e-9,
+		Want: "-2.236734e-9",
+	},
+}
+
+func TestEncoder_AppendFloat32(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range float32Tests {
+		t.Run(tc.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var b []byte
+			b = (Encoder{}).AppendFloat32(b, tc.Val, -1)
+			if s := string(b); tc.Want != s {
+				t.Errorf("%q", s)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func FuzzEncoder_AppendFloat32(f *testing.F) {
+	for _, tc := range float32Tests {
+		f.Add(tc.Val)
+	}
+	f.Fuzz(func(t *testing.T, val float32) {
+		actual := (Encoder{}).AppendFloat32(nil, val, -1)
+		if len(actual) == 0 {
+			t.Fatal("empty buffer")
+		}
+
+		if actual[0] == '"' {
+			val := float64(val)
+			switch string(actual) {
+			case `"NaN"`:
+				if !math.IsNaN(val) {
+					t.Fatalf("expected %v got NaN", val)
+				}
+			case `"+Inf"`:
+				if !math.IsInf(val, 1) {
+					t.Fatalf("expected %v got +Inf", val)
+				}
+			case `"-Inf"`:
+				if !math.IsInf(val, -1) {
+					t.Fatalf("expected %v got -Inf", val)
+				}
+			default:
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected string: %s", actual)
+			}
+			return
+		}
+
+		if expected, err := json.Marshal(val); err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		} else if string(actual) != string(expected) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", expected, actual)
+		}
+
+		var parsed float32
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(actual, &parsed); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if parsed != val {
+			t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", val, parsed)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func generateFloat32s(n int) []float32 {
+	floats := make([]float32, n)
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		floats[i] = rand.Float32()
+	}
+	return floats
+}
+
+func generateFloat64s(n int) []float64 {
+	floats := make([]float64, n)
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		floats[i] = rand.Float64()
+	}
+	return floats
+}
+
+func TestAppendFloats32(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []float32) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			if math.IsNaN(float64(val)) {
+				want = append(want, []byte(`"NaN"`)...)
+			} else if math.IsInf(float64(val), 1) {
+				want = append(want, []byte(`"+Inf"`)...)
+			} else if math.IsInf(float64(val), -1) {
+				want = append(want, []byte(`"-Inf"`)...)
+			} else {
+				want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", float32(val)))...)
+			}
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendFloats32([]byte{}, vals, -1)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendFloats32(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]float32, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.Float32TestCases {
+		if tc.Val > 0 && tc.Val < 1e-4 {
+			continue // we want to ignore very small numbers for this test
+		}
+		array = append(array, float32(tc.Val))
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}
+
+func TestAppendFloats64(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []float64) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			if math.IsNaN(val) {
+				want = append(want, []byte(`"NaN"`)...)
+			} else if math.IsInf(val, 1) {
+				want = append(want, []byte(`"+Inf"`)...)
+			} else if math.IsInf(val, -1) {
+				want = append(want, []byte(`"-Inf"`)...)
+			} else {
+				want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", val))...)
+			}
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendFloats64([]byte{}, vals, -1)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendFloats64(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]float64, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.Float64TestCases {
+		if tc.Val > 0 && tc.Val < 1e-4 {
+			continue // we want to ignore very small numbers for this test
+		}
+		array = append(array, tc.Val)
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}
+
+// this is really just for the memory allocation characteristics
+func BenchmarkEncoder_AppendFloat32(b *testing.B) {
+	floats := append(generateFloat32s(5000), float32(math.NaN()), float32(math.Inf(1)), float32(math.Inf(-1)))
+	dst := make([]byte, 0, 128)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		for _, f := range floats {
+			dst = (Encoder{}).AppendFloat32(dst[:0], f, -1)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// this is really just for the memory allocation characteristics
+func BenchmarkEncoder_AppendFloat64(b *testing.B) {
+	floats := append(generateFloat64s(5000), math.NaN(), math.Inf(1), math.Inf(-1))
+	dst := make([]byte, 0, 128)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		for _, f := range floats {
+			dst = (Encoder{}).AppendFloat64(dst[:0], f, -1)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/json/int_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+package json
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal"
+)
+
+func TestAppendInts8(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []int8) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", int8(val)))...)
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendInts8([]byte{}, vals)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendInts8(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]int8, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.IntegerTestCases {
+		if (tc.Val < math.MinInt8) || (tc.Val > math.MaxInt8) {
+			continue
+		}
+		array = append(array, int8(tc.Val))
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}
+func TestAppendUints8(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []uint8) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", uint8(val)))...)
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendUints8([]byte{}, vals)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendUints8(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]uint8, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.UnsignedIntegerTestCases {
+		if tc.Val > math.MaxUint8 {
+			continue
+		}
+		array = append(array, uint8(tc.Val))
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}
+func TestAppendInts16(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []int16) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", int16(val)))...)
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendInts16([]byte{}, vals)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendInts16(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]int16, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.IntegerTestCases {
+		if (tc.Val < math.MinInt16) || (tc.Val > math.MaxInt16) {
+			continue
+		}
+		array = append(array, int16(tc.Val))
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}
+func TestAppendUints16(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []uint16) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", uint16(val)))...)
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendUints16([]byte{}, vals)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendUints16(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]uint16, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.UnsignedIntegerTestCases {
+		if tc.Val > math.MaxUint16 {
+			continue
+		}
+		array = append(array, uint16(tc.Val))
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}
+func TestAppendInts32(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []int32) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", int32(val)))...)
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendInts32([]byte{}, vals)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendInts32(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]int32, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.IntegerTestCases {
+		if (tc.Val < math.MinInt32) || (tc.Val > math.MaxInt32) {
+			continue
+		}
+		array = append(array, int32(tc.Val))
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}
+func TestAppendUints32(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []uint32) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", uint32(val)))...)
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendUints32([]byte{}, vals)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendUints32(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]uint32, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.UnsignedIntegerTestCases {
+		if tc.Val > math.MaxUint32 {
+			continue
+		}
+		array = append(array, uint32(tc.Val))
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}
+
+func TestAppendInt64(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []int64) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", int64(val)))...)
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendInts64([]byte{}, vals)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendInts64(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]int64, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.IntegerTestCases {
+		array = append(array, int64(tc.Val))
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}
+func TestAppendUints64(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []uint64) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", uint64(val)))...)
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendUints64([]byte{}, vals)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendUints64(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]uint64, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.UnsignedIntegerTestCases {
+		array = append(array, uint64(tc.Val))
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}
+
+func TestAppendInt(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range internal.IntegerTestCases {
+		want := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", tc.Val))
+		got := enc.AppendInt([]byte{}, tc.Val)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendInt(0x%x)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				tc.Val,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendUint(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range internal.UnsignedIntegerTestCases {
+		want := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", tc.Val))
+		got := enc.AppendUint([]byte{}, tc.Val)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendUint(0x%x)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				tc.Val,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendInts(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []int) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", int(val)))...)
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendInts([]byte{}, vals)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendInts(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]int, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.IntegerTestCases {
+		array = append(array, int(tc.Val))
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}
+func TestAppendUints(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(vals []uint) {
+		want := make([]byte, 0)
+		want = append(want, '[')
+		for i, val := range vals {
+			want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", uint(val)))...)
+			if i < len(vals)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got := enc.AppendUints([]byte{}, vals)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendUints(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				vals,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	array := make([]uint, 0)
+	for _, tc := range internal.UnsignedIntegerTestCases {
+		array = append(array, uint(tc.Val))
+	}
+
+	doOne(array)
+	doOne(array[:1]) // single element
+	doOne(array[:0]) // edge case of zero length
+}

internal/json/string.go

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package json
 
-import "unicode/utf8"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
 
-const hex = "0123456789abcdef"
+const hexCharacters = "0123456789abcdef"
 
 var noEscapeTable = [256]bool{}
 
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendStrings(dst []byte, vals []string) []byte {
 //
 // The operation loops though each byte in the string looking
 // for characters that need json or utf8 encoding. If the string
-// does not need encoding, then the string is appended in it's
+// does not need encoding, then the string is appended in its
 // entirety to the byte slice.
 // If we encounter a byte that does need encoding, switch up
 // the operation and perform a byte-by-byte read-encode-append.
@@ -53,13 +56,38 @@ func (Encoder) AppendString(dst []byte, s string) []byte {
 			return append(dst, '"')
 		}
 	}
-	// The string has no need for encoding an therefore is directly
+	// The string has no need for encoding and therefore is directly
 	// appended to the byte slice.
 	dst = append(dst, s...)
 	// End with a double quote
 	return append(dst, '"')
 }
 
+// AppendStringers encodes the provided Stringer list to json and
+// appends the encoded Stringer list to the input byte slice.
+func (e Encoder) AppendStringers(dst []byte, vals []fmt.Stringer) []byte {
+	if vals == nil || len(vals) == 0 {
+		return append(dst, '[', ']')
+	}
+	dst = append(dst, '[')
+	dst = e.AppendStringer(dst, vals[0])
+	if len(vals) > 1 {
+		for _, val := range vals[1:] {
+			dst = e.AppendStringer(append(dst, ','), val)
+		}
+	}
+	return append(dst, ']')
+}
+
+// AppendStringer encodes the input Stringer to json and appends the
+// encoded Stringer value to the input byte slice.
+func (e Encoder) AppendStringer(dst []byte, val fmt.Stringer) []byte {
+	if val == nil {
+		return e.AppendInterface(dst, nil)
+	}
+	return e.AppendString(dst, val.String())
+}
+
 // appendStringComplex is used by appendString to take over an in
 // progress JSON string encoding that encountered a character that needs
 // to be encoded.
@@ -71,7 +99,7 @@ func appendStringComplex(dst []byte, s string, i int) []byte {
 			r, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s[i:])
 			if r == utf8.RuneError && size == 1 {
 				// In case of error, first append previous simple characters to
-				// the byte slice if any and append a remplacement character code
+				// the byte slice if any and append a replacement character code
 				// in place of the invalid sequence.
 				if start < i {
 					dst = append(dst, s[start:i]...)
@@ -109,7 +137,7 @@ func appendStringComplex(dst []byte, s string, i int) []byte {
 		case '\t':
 			dst = append(dst, '\\', 't')
 		default:
-			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'u', '0', '0', hex[b>>4], hex[b&0xF])
+			dst = append(dst, '\\', 'u', '0', '0', hexCharacters[b>>4], hexCharacters[b&0xF])
 		}
 		i++
 		start = i

internal/json/string_test.go

@@ -2,72 +2,51 @@ package json
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal"
 )
 
-var encodeStringTests = []struct {
-	in  string
-	out string
-}{
-	{"", `""`},
-	{"\\", `"\\"`},
-	{"\x00", `"\u0000"`},
-	{"\x01", `"\u0001"`},
-	{"\x02", `"\u0002"`},
-	{"\x03", `"\u0003"`},
-	{"\x04", `"\u0004"`},
-	{"\x05", `"\u0005"`},
-	{"\x06", `"\u0006"`},
-	{"\x07", `"\u0007"`},
-	{"\x08", `"\b"`},
-	{"\x09", `"\t"`},
-	{"\x0a", `"\n"`},
-	{"\x0b", `"\u000b"`},
-	{"\x0c", `"\f"`},
-	{"\x0d", `"\r"`},
-	{"\x0e", `"\u000e"`},
-	{"\x0f", `"\u000f"`},
-	{"\x10", `"\u0010"`},
-	{"\x11", `"\u0011"`},
-	{"\x12", `"\u0012"`},
-	{"\x13", `"\u0013"`},
-	{"\x14", `"\u0014"`},
-	{"\x15", `"\u0015"`},
-	{"\x16", `"\u0016"`},
-	{"\x17", `"\u0017"`},
-	{"\x18", `"\u0018"`},
-	{"\x19", `"\u0019"`},
-	{"\x1a", `"\u001a"`},
-	{"\x1b", `"\u001b"`},
-	{"\x1c", `"\u001c"`},
-	{"\x1d", `"\u001d"`},
-	{"\x1e", `"\u001e"`},
-	{"\x1f", `"\u001f"`},
-	{"✭", `"✭"`},
-	{"foo\xc2\x7fbar", `"foo\ufffd\u007fbar"`}, // invalid sequence
-	{"ascii", `"ascii"`},
-	{"\"a", `"\"a"`},
-	{"\x1fa", `"\u001fa"`},
-	{"foo\"bar\"baz", `"foo\"bar\"baz"`},
-	{"\x1ffoo\x1fbar\x1fbaz", `"\u001ffoo\u001fbar\u001fbaz"`},
-	{"emoji \u2764\ufe0f!", `"emoji ❤️!"`},
-}
-
-var encodeHexTests = []struct {
-	in  byte
-	out string
-}{
-	{0x00, `"00"`},
-	{0x0f, `"0f"`},
-	{0x10, `"10"`},
-	{0xf0, `"f0"`},
-	{0xff, `"ff"`},
-}
-
 func TestAppendString(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, tt := range encodeStringTests {
-		b := enc.AppendString([]byte{}, tt.in)
-		if got, want := string(b), tt.out; got != want {
-			t.Errorf("appendString(%q) = %#q, want %#q", tt.in, got, want)
+	for _, tt := range internal.EncodeStringTests {
+		b := enc.AppendString([]byte{}, tt.In)
+		if got, want := string(b), tt.Out; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("appendString(%q) = %#q, want %#q", tt.In, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendStrings(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range internal.EncodeStringsTests {
+		b := enc.AppendStrings([]byte{}, tt.In)
+		if got, want := string(b), tt.Out; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("appendStrings(%q) = %#q, want %#q", tt.In, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendStringer(t *testing.T) {
+	oldJSONMarshalFunc := JSONMarshalFunc
+	defer func() {
+		JSONMarshalFunc = oldJSONMarshalFunc
+	}()
+
+	JSONMarshalFunc = func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+		return internal.InterfaceMarshalFunc(v)
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range internal.EncodeStringerTests {
+		b := enc.AppendStringer([]byte{}, tt.In)
+		if got, want := string(b), tt.Out; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("AppendStringer(%q)\ngot:  %#q, want: %#q", tt.In, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendStringers(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range internal.EncodeStringersTests {
+		b := enc.AppendStringers([]byte{}, tt.In)
+		if got, want := string(b), tt.Out; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("appendStrings(%q) = %#q, want %#q", tt.In, got, want)
 		}
 	}
 }

internal/json/time.go

@@ -5,11 +5,29 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+const (
+	// Import from zerolog/global.go
+	timeFormatUnix       = ""
+	timeFormatUnixMs     = "UNIXMS"
+	timeFormatUnixMicro  = "UNIXMICRO"
+	timeFormatUnixNano   = "UNIXNANO"
+	durationFormatFloat  = "float"
+	durationFormatInt    = "int"
+	durationFormatString = "string"
+)
+
 // AppendTime formats the input time with the given format
 // and appends the encoded string to the input byte slice.
 func (e Encoder) AppendTime(dst []byte, t time.Time, format string) []byte {
-	if format == "" {
+	switch format {
+	case timeFormatUnix:
 		return e.AppendInt64(dst, t.Unix())
+	case timeFormatUnixMs:
+		return e.AppendInt64(dst, t.UnixNano()/1000000)
+	case timeFormatUnixMicro:
+		return e.AppendInt64(dst, t.UnixNano()/1000)
+	case timeFormatUnixNano:
+		return e.AppendInt64(dst, t.UnixNano())
 	}
 	return append(t.AppendFormat(append(dst, '"'), format), '"')
 }
@@ -17,8 +35,15 @@ func (e Encoder) AppendTime(dst []byte, t time.Time, format string) []byte {
 // AppendTimes converts the input times with the given format
 // and appends the encoded string list to the input byte slice.
 func (Encoder) AppendTimes(dst []byte, vals []time.Time, format string) []byte {
-	if format == "" {
+	switch format {
+	case timeFormatUnix:
 		return appendUnixTimes(dst, vals)
+	case timeFormatUnixMs:
+		return appendUnixNanoTimes(dst, vals, 1000000)
+	case timeFormatUnixMicro:
+		return appendUnixNanoTimes(dst, vals, 1000)
+	case timeFormatUnixNano:
+		return appendUnixNanoTimes(dst, vals, 1)
 	}
 	if len(vals) == 0 {
 		return append(dst, '[', ']')
@@ -49,26 +74,49 @@ func appendUnixTimes(dst []byte, vals []time.Time) []byte {
 	return dst
 }
 
-// AppendDuration formats the input duration with the given unit & format
-// and appends the encoded string to the input byte slice.
-func (e Encoder) AppendDuration(dst []byte, d time.Duration, unit time.Duration, useInt bool) []byte {
-	if useInt {
-		return strconv.AppendInt(dst, int64(d/unit), 10)
-	}
-	return e.AppendFloat64(dst, float64(d)/float64(unit))
-}
-
-// AppendDurations formats the input durations with the given unit & format
-// and appends the encoded string list to the input byte slice.
-func (e Encoder) AppendDurations(dst []byte, vals []time.Duration, unit time.Duration, useInt bool) []byte {
+func appendUnixNanoTimes(dst []byte, vals []time.Time, div int64) []byte {
 	if len(vals) == 0 {
 		return append(dst, '[', ']')
 	}
 	dst = append(dst, '[')
-	dst = e.AppendDuration(dst, vals[0], unit, useInt)
+	dst = strconv.AppendInt(dst, vals[0].UnixNano()/div, 10)
 	if len(vals) > 1 {
-		for _, d := range vals[1:] {
-			dst = e.AppendDuration(append(dst, ','), d, unit, useInt)
+		for _, t := range vals[1:] {
+			dst = strconv.AppendInt(append(dst, ','), t.UnixNano()/div, 10)
+		}
+	}
+	dst = append(dst, ']')
+	return dst
+}
+
+// AppendDuration formats the input duration with the given unit & format
+// and appends the encoded string to the input byte slice.
+func (e Encoder) AppendDuration(dst []byte, d time.Duration, unit time.Duration, format string, useInt bool, precision int) []byte {
+	if useInt {
+		return strconv.AppendInt(dst, int64(d/unit), 10)
+	}
+	switch format {
+	case durationFormatFloat:
+		return e.AppendFloat64(dst, float64(d)/float64(unit), precision)
+	case durationFormatInt:
+		return e.AppendInt64(dst, int64(d/unit))
+	case durationFormatString:
+		return e.AppendString(dst, d.String())
+	}
+	return e.AppendFloat64(dst, float64(d)/float64(unit), precision)
+}
+
+// AppendDurations formats the input durations with the given unit & format
+// and appends the encoded string list to the input byte slice.
+func (e Encoder) AppendDurations(dst []byte, vals []time.Duration, unit time.Duration, format string, useInt bool, precision int) []byte {
+	if len(vals) == 0 {
+		return append(dst, '[', ']')
+	}
+	dst = append(dst, '[')
+	dst = e.AppendDuration(dst, vals[0], unit, format, useInt, precision)
+	if len(vals) > 1 {
+		for _, d := range vals[1:] {
+			dst = e.AppendDuration(append(dst, ','), d, unit, format, useInt, precision)
 		}
 	}
 	dst = append(dst, ']')

internal/json/time_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+package json
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal"
+)
+
+func TestEncoder_AppendDuration(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		dst    []byte
+		d      time.Duration
+		unit   time.Duration
+		format string
+		useInt bool
+		unused int
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "useInt",
+			args: args{
+				d:      1234567890,
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				useInt: true,
+			},
+			want: []byte{49},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatFloat",
+			args: args{
+				d:      1234567890,
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatFloat,
+			},
+			want: []byte{49},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatInt",
+			args: args{
+				d:      1234567890,
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatInt,
+			},
+			want: []byte{49},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatString",
+			args: args{
+				d:      1234567890,
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatString,
+			},
+			want: []byte{34, 49, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 115, 34},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatBlank",
+			args: args{
+				d:    1234567890,
+				unit: time.Second,
+			},
+			want: []byte{49},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			e := Encoder{}
+			if got := e.AppendDuration(tt.args.dst, tt.args.d, tt.args.unit, tt.args.format, tt.args.useInt, tt.args.unused); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("AppendDuration() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEncoder_AppendDurations(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		dst    []byte
+		vals   []time.Duration
+		unit   time.Duration
+		format string
+		useInt bool
+		unused int
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "useInt",
+			args: args{
+				vals:   []time.Duration{1234567890},
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				useInt: true,
+			},
+			want: []byte{91, 49, 93},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatFloat",
+			args: args{
+				vals:   []time.Duration{1234567890},
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatFloat,
+			},
+			want: []byte{91, 49, 93},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatInt",
+			args: args{
+				vals:   []time.Duration{1234567890},
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatInt,
+			},
+			want: []byte{91, 49, 93},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatString",
+			args: args{
+				vals:   []time.Duration{1234567890},
+				unit:   time.Second,
+				format: durationFormatString,
+			},
+			want: []byte{91, 34, 49, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 115, 34, 93},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "formatBlank",
+			args: args{
+				vals: []time.Duration{1234567890},
+				unit: time.Second,
+			},
+			want: []byte{91, 49, 93},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			e := Encoder{}
+			if got := e.AppendDurations(tt.args.dst, tt.args.vals, tt.args.unit, tt.args.format, tt.args.useInt, tt.args.unused); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("AppendDurations() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendTimeNow(t *testing.T) {
+	tm := time.Now()
+	got := enc.AppendTime([]byte{}, tm, time.RFC3339)
+	want := tm.AppendFormat([]byte{'"'}, time.RFC3339)
+	want = append(want, '"')
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendTime(%s)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+			"time.Now()",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendTimePastPresentInteger(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range internal.TimeIntegerTestcases {
+		tin, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, tt.Txt)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Cannot parse input", tt.Txt, ".. Skipping!", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		got := enc.AppendTime([]byte{}, tin, timeFormatUnix)
+		want := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", tt.UnixInt))
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("appendString(%s)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				tt.Txt,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+		got = enc.AppendTime([]byte{}, tin, timeFormatUnixMs)
+		want = []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", tt.UnixInt*1000))
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("appendString(%s)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				tt.Txt,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+		got = enc.AppendTime([]byte{}, tin, timeFormatUnixMicro)
+		want = []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", tt.UnixInt*1000000))
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("appendString(%s)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				tt.Txt,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+		got = enc.AppendTime([]byte{}, tin, timeFormatUnixNano)
+		want = []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", tt.UnixInt*1000000000))
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("appendString(%s)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				tt.Txt,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendTimePastPresentFloat(t *testing.T) {
+	const timeFloatFmt = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999-07:00"
+	for _, tt := range internal.TimeFloatTestcases {
+		tin, err := time.Parse(timeFloatFmt, tt.RfcStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Cannot parse input", tt.RfcStr, ".. Skipping!")
+			continue
+		}
+		got := enc.AppendTime([]byte{}, tin, timeFormatUnix)
+		want := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", tt.UnixInt))
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("appendString(%s)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				tt.RfcStr,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendTimes(t *testing.T) {
+	doOne := func(multiplier int, format string) {
+		array := make([]time.Time, 0)
+		want := append([]byte{}, '[')
+		want = append(want, ']')
+		got := enc.AppendTimes([]byte{}, array, format)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendTimes(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				array,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+
+		array = make([]time.Time, len(internal.TimeIntegerTestcases))
+		want = append([]byte{}, '[')
+		for i, tt := range internal.TimeIntegerTestcases {
+			if tin, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, tt.RfcStr); err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("Cannot parse input", tt.RfcStr, ".. Skipping!")
+				continue
+			} else {
+				array[i] = tin
+			}
+			if multiplier == 0 {
+				want = append(want, '"')
+				formatted := array[i].Format(format)
+				want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", formatted))...)
+				want = append(want, '"')
+			} else {
+				scaled := tt.UnixInt * multiplier
+				want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", scaled))...)
+			}
+			if i < len(internal.TimeIntegerTestcases)-1 {
+				want = append(want, ',')
+			}
+		}
+		want = append(want, ']')
+
+		got = enc.AppendTimes([]byte{}, array, format)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendTimes(%v) %d %s\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				array, multiplier, format,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+
+	doOne(0, time.RFC3339)
+	doOne(1, timeFormatUnix)
+	doOne(1000, timeFormatUnixMs)
+	doOne(1000000, timeFormatUnixMicro)
+	doOne(1000000000, timeFormatUnixNano)
+}
+
+func TestAppendDurationFloat(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range internal.DurTestcases {
+		dur := tt.Duration
+		want := []byte{}
+		want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", dur.Microseconds()))...)
+		got := enc.AppendDuration([]byte{}, dur, time.Microsecond, "", false, -1)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendDuration(%v)=\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				dur,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+
+		want = []byte{}
+		fraction := float64(dur) / float64(time.Millisecond)
+		want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", fraction))...)
+		got = enc.AppendDuration([]byte{}, dur, time.Millisecond, "", false, -1)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendDuration(%v)=\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				dur,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendDurationInteger(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range internal.DurTestcases {
+		dur := tt.Duration
+		want := []byte{}
+		whole := int(dur) / int(time.Microsecond)
+		want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", whole))...)
+		got := enc.AppendDuration([]byte{}, dur, time.Microsecond, "", true, -1)
+		if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("AppendDuration(%v)=\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+				dur,
+				string(got),
+				string(want))
+		}
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendDurations(t *testing.T) {
+	array := make([]time.Duration, len(internal.DurTestcases))
+	want := make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, '[')
+	for i, tt := range internal.DurTestcases {
+		array[i] = tt.Duration
+		whole := int(tt.Duration) / int(time.Microsecond)
+		want = append(want, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", whole))...)
+		if i < len(internal.DurTestcases)-1 {
+			want = append(want, ',')
+		}
+	}
+	want = append(want, ']')
+
+	got := enc.AppendDurations([]byte{}, array, time.Microsecond, "", false, -1)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendDurations(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+			array,
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+
+	// now empty array case
+	array = make([]time.Duration, 0)
+	want = make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, '[')
+	want = append(want, ']')
+	got = enc.AppendDurations([]byte{}, array, time.Microsecond, "", false, -1)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendDurations(%v)\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s",
+			array,
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkAppendTime(b *testing.B) {
+	tests := map[string]string{
+		"Integer": "Feb 3, 2013 at 7:54pm (PST)",
+		"Float":   "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999-08:00",
+	}
+	const timeFloatFmt = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999-07:00"
+
+	for name, str := range tests {
+		t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, str)
+		if err != nil {
+			t, _ = time.Parse(timeFloatFmt, str)
+		}
+		b.Run(name, func(b *testing.B) {
+			buf := make([]byte, 0, 100)
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				_ = enc.AppendTime(buf, t, "unused")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/json/types.go

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package json
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"net"
+	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (Encoder) AppendUints32(dst []byte, vals []uint32) []byte {
 // AppendUint64 converts the input uint64 to a string and
 // appends the encoded string to the input byte slice.
 func (Encoder) AppendUint64(dst []byte, val uint64) []byte {
-	return strconv.AppendUint(dst, uint64(val), 10)
+	return strconv.AppendUint(dst, val, 10)
 }
 
 // AppendUints64 encodes the input uint64s to json and
@@ -299,9 +299,9 @@ func (Encoder) AppendUints64(dst []byte, vals []uint64) []byte {
 	return dst
 }
 
-func appendFloat(dst []byte, val float64, bitSize int) []byte {
+func appendFloat(dst []byte, val float64, bitSize, precision int) []byte {
 	// JSON does not permit NaN or Infinity. A typical JSON encoder would fail
-	// with an error, but a logging library wants the data to get thru so we
+	// with an error, but a logging library wants the data to get through so we
 	// make a tradeoff and store those types as string.
 	switch {
 	case math.IsNaN(val):
@@ -311,26 +311,47 @@ func appendFloat(dst []byte, val float64, bitSize int) []byte {
 	case math.IsInf(val, -1):
 		return append(dst, `"-Inf"`...)
 	}
-	return strconv.AppendFloat(dst, val, 'f', -1, bitSize)
+	// convert as if by es6 number to string conversion
+	// see also https://cs.opensource.google/go/go/+/refs/tags/go1.20.3:src/encoding/json/encode.go;l=573
+	strFmt := byte('f')
+	// If precision is set to a value other than -1, we always just format the float using that precision.
+	if precision == -1 {
+		// Use float32 comparisons for underlying float32 value to get precise cutoffs right.
+		if abs := math.Abs(val); abs != 0 {
+			if bitSize == 64 && (abs < 1e-6 || abs >= 1e21) || bitSize == 32 && (float32(abs) < 1e-6 || float32(abs) >= 1e21) {
+				strFmt = 'e'
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	dst = strconv.AppendFloat(dst, val, strFmt, precision, bitSize)
+	if strFmt == 'e' {
+		// Clean up e-09 to e-9
+		n := len(dst)
+		if n >= 4 && dst[n-4] == 'e' && dst[n-3] == '-' && dst[n-2] == '0' {
+			dst[n-2] = dst[n-1]
+			dst = dst[:n-1]
+		}
+	}
+	return dst
 }
 
 // AppendFloat32 converts the input float32 to a string and
 // appends the encoded string to the input byte slice.
-func (Encoder) AppendFloat32(dst []byte, val float32) []byte {
-	return appendFloat(dst, float64(val), 32)
+func (Encoder) AppendFloat32(dst []byte, val float32, precision int) []byte {
+	return appendFloat(dst, float64(val), 32, precision)
 }
 
 // AppendFloats32 encodes the input float32s to json and
 // appends the encoded string list to the input byte slice.
-func (Encoder) AppendFloats32(dst []byte, vals []float32) []byte {
+func (Encoder) AppendFloats32(dst []byte, vals []float32, precision int) []byte {
 	if len(vals) == 0 {
 		return append(dst, '[', ']')
 	}
 	dst = append(dst, '[')
-	dst = appendFloat(dst, float64(vals[0]), 32)
+	dst = appendFloat(dst, float64(vals[0]), 32, precision)
 	if len(vals) > 1 {
 		for _, val := range vals[1:] {
-			dst = appendFloat(append(dst, ','), float64(val), 32)
+			dst = appendFloat(append(dst, ','), float64(val), 32, precision)
 		}
 	}
 	dst = append(dst, ']')
@@ -339,21 +360,21 @@ func (Encoder) AppendFloats32(dst []byte, vals []float32) []byte {
 
 // AppendFloat64 converts the input float64 to a string and
 // appends the encoded string to the input byte slice.
-func (Encoder) AppendFloat64(dst []byte, val float64) []byte {
-	return appendFloat(dst, val, 64)
+func (Encoder) AppendFloat64(dst []byte, val float64, precision int) []byte {
+	return appendFloat(dst, val, 64, precision)
 }
 
 // AppendFloats64 encodes the input float64s to json and
 // appends the encoded string list to the input byte slice.
-func (Encoder) AppendFloats64(dst []byte, vals []float64) []byte {
+func (Encoder) AppendFloats64(dst []byte, vals []float64, precision int) []byte {
 	if len(vals) == 0 {
 		return append(dst, '[', ']')
 	}
 	dst = append(dst, '[')
-	dst = appendFloat(dst, vals[0], 32)
+	dst = appendFloat(dst, vals[0], 64, precision)
 	if len(vals) > 1 {
 		for _, val := range vals[1:] {
-			dst = appendFloat(append(dst, ','), val, 64)
+			dst = appendFloat(append(dst, ','), val, 64, precision)
 		}
 	}
 	dst = append(dst, ']')
@@ -363,40 +384,83 @@ func (Encoder) AppendFloats64(dst []byte, vals []float64) []byte {
 // AppendInterface marshals the input interface to a string and
 // appends the encoded string to the input byte slice.
 func (e Encoder) AppendInterface(dst []byte, i interface{}) []byte {
-	marshaled, err := json.Marshal(i)
+	marshaled, err := JSONMarshalFunc(i)
 	if err != nil {
 		return e.AppendString(dst, fmt.Sprintf("marshaling error: %v", err))
 	}
 	return append(dst, marshaled...)
 }
 
+// AppendType appends the parameter type (as a string) to the input byte slice.
+func (e Encoder) AppendType(dst []byte, i interface{}) []byte {
+	if i == nil {
+		return e.AppendString(dst, "<nil>")
+	}
+	return e.AppendString(dst, reflect.TypeOf(i).String())
+}
+
 // AppendObjectData takes in an object that is already in a byte array
 // and adds it to the dst.
 func (Encoder) AppendObjectData(dst []byte, o []byte) []byte {
-	// Two conditions we want to put a ',' between existing content and
-	// new content:
-	// 1. new content starts with '{' - which shd be dropped   OR
-	// 2. existing content has already other fields
+	// Three conditions apply here:
+	// 1. new content starts with '{' - which should be dropped   OR
+	// 2. new content starts with '{' - which should be replaced with ','
+	//    to separate with existing content OR
+	// 3. existing content has already other fields
 	if o[0] == '{' {
-		o[0] = ','
+		if len(dst) > 1 {
+			dst = append(dst, ',')
+		}
+		o = o[1:]
 	} else if len(dst) > 1 {
 		dst = append(dst, ',')
 	}
 	return append(dst, o...)
 }
 
-// AppendIPAddr adds IPv4 or IPv6 address to dst.
+// AppendIPAddr adds a net.IP IPv4 or IPv6 address to dst.
 func (e Encoder) AppendIPAddr(dst []byte, ip net.IP) []byte {
 	return e.AppendString(dst, ip.String())
 }
 
-// AppendIPPrefix adds IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (address & mask) to dst.
-func (e Encoder) AppendIPPrefix(dst []byte, pfx net.IPNet) []byte {
-	return e.AppendString(dst, pfx.String())
-
+// AppendIPAddrs adds a []net.IP array of IPv4 or IPv6 address to dst.
+func (e Encoder) AppendIPAddrs(dst []byte, ips []net.IP) []byte {
+	if len(ips) == 0 {
+		return append(dst, '[', ']')
+	}
+	dst = append(dst, '[')
+	dst = e.AppendString(dst, ips[0].String())
+	if len(ips) > 1 {
+		for _, ip := range ips[1:] {
+			dst = e.AppendString(append(dst, ','), ip.String())
+		}
+	}
+	dst = append(dst, ']')
+	return dst
 }
 
-// AppendMACAddr adds MAC address to dst.
+// AppendIPPrefix adds a net.IPNet IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (address & mask) to dst.
+func (e Encoder) AppendIPPrefix(dst []byte, pfx net.IPNet) []byte {
+	return e.AppendString(dst, pfx.String())
+}
+
+// AppendIPPrefixes adds a []net.IPNet array of IPv4 or IPv6 Prefix (address & mask) to dst.
+func (e Encoder) AppendIPPrefixes(dst []byte, pfxs []net.IPNet) []byte {
+	if len(pfxs) == 0 {
+		return append(dst, '[', ']')
+	}
+	dst = append(dst, '[')
+	dst = e.AppendString(dst, pfxs[0].String())
+	if len(pfxs) > 1 {
+		for _, pfx := range pfxs[1:] {
+			dst = e.AppendString(append(dst, ','), pfx.String())
+		}
+	}
+	dst = append(dst, ']')
+	return dst
+}
+
+// AppendMACAddr adds a net.HardwareAddr MAC address to dst.
 func (e Encoder) AppendMACAddr(dst []byte, ha net.HardwareAddr) []byte {
 	return e.AppendString(dst, ha.String())
 }

internal/json/types_test.go

@@ -1,26 +1,157 @@
 package json
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"math"
 	"net"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal"
 )
 
+func TestAppendNil(t *testing.T) {
+	got := enc.AppendNil([]byte{})
+	want := []byte(`null`)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendNil() = %s, want: %s",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendBeginMarker(t *testing.T) {
+	got := enc.AppendBeginMarker([]byte{})
+	want := []byte(`{`)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendBeginMarker()\ngot:  %s, want: %s",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendEndMarker(t *testing.T) {
+	got := enc.AppendEndMarker([]byte{})
+	want := []byte(`}`)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendEndMarker()\ngot:  %s, want: %s",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendArrayStart(t *testing.T) {
+	got := enc.AppendArrayStart([]byte{})
+	want := []byte("[")
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendArrayStart() = %s, want: %s",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendArrayEnd(t *testing.T) {
+	got := enc.AppendArrayEnd([]byte{})
+	want := []byte("]")
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendArrayEnd() = %s, want: %s",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendArrayDelim(t *testing.T) {
+	got := enc.AppendArrayDelim([]byte{})
+	want := []byte("")
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendArrayDelim() = 0x%s, want: 0x%s",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+
+	got = enc.AppendArrayDelim([]byte("a"))
+	want = []byte("a,")
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendArrayDelim() = 0x%s, want: 0x%s",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}
+func TestAppendLineBreak(t *testing.T) {
+	got := enc.AppendLineBreak([]byte{})
+	want := []byte("\n")
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendLineBreak() = 0x%s, want: 0x%s",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}
+
+// inline copy from globals.go of InterfaceMarshalFunc used in tests to avoid import cycle
+func interfaceMarshalFunc(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	encoder := json.NewEncoder(&buf)
+	encoder.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+	err := encoder.Encode(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	b := buf.Bytes()
+	if len(b) > 0 {
+		// Remove trailing \n which is added by Encode.
+		return b[:len(b)-1], nil
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+func TestAppendInterface(t *testing.T) {
+	oldJSONMarshalFunc := JSONMarshalFunc
+	defer func() {
+		JSONMarshalFunc = oldJSONMarshalFunc
+	}()
+
+	JSONMarshalFunc = func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+		return interfaceMarshalFunc(v)
+	}
+
+	var i int = 17
+	got := enc.AppendInterface([]byte{}, i)
+	want := make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, []byte("17")...) // of type interface, two characters
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendInterface\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+
+	JSONMarshalFunc = func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+		return nil, errors.New("test")
+	}
+
+	got = enc.AppendInterface([]byte{}, nil)
+	want = make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, []byte("\"marshaling error: test\"")...) // of type interface, two characters
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendInterface\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAppendType(t *testing.T) {
 	w := map[string]func(interface{}) []byte{
-		"AppendInt":     func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendInt([]byte{}, v.(int)) },
-		"AppendInt8":    func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendInt8([]byte{}, v.(int8)) },
-		"AppendInt16":   func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendInt16([]byte{}, v.(int16)) },
-		"AppendInt32":   func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendInt32([]byte{}, v.(int32)) },
-		"AppendInt64":   func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendInt64([]byte{}, v.(int64)) },
-		"AppendUint":    func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendUint([]byte{}, v.(uint)) },
-		"AppendUint8":   func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendUint8([]byte{}, v.(uint8)) },
-		"AppendUint16":  func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendUint16([]byte{}, v.(uint16)) },
-		"AppendUint32":  func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendUint32([]byte{}, v.(uint32)) },
-		"AppendUint64":  func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendUint64([]byte{}, v.(uint64)) },
-		"AppendFloat32": func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendFloat32([]byte{}, v.(float32)) },
-		"AppendFloat64": func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendFloat64([]byte{}, v.(float64)) },
+		"AppendInt":                   func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendInt([]byte{}, v.(int)) },
+		"AppendInt8":                  func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendInt8([]byte{}, v.(int8)) },
+		"AppendInt16":                 func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendInt16([]byte{}, v.(int16)) },
+		"AppendInt32":                 func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendInt32([]byte{}, v.(int32)) },
+		"AppendInt64":                 func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendInt64([]byte{}, v.(int64)) },
+		"AppendUint":                  func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendUint([]byte{}, v.(uint)) },
+		"AppendUint8":                 func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendUint8([]byte{}, v.(uint8)) },
+		"AppendUint16":                func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendUint16([]byte{}, v.(uint16)) },
+		"AppendUint32":                func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendUint32([]byte{}, v.(uint32)) },
+		"AppendUint64":                func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendUint64([]byte{}, v.(uint64)) },
+		"AppendFloat32":               func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendFloat32([]byte{}, v.(float32), -1) },
+		"AppendFloat64":               func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendFloat64([]byte{}, v.(float64), -1) },
+		"AppendFloat32SmallPrecision": func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendFloat32([]byte{}, v.(float32), 1) },
+		"AppendFloat64SmallPrecision": func(v interface{}) []byte { return enc.AppendFloat64([]byte{}, v.(float64), 1) },
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name  string
@@ -44,7 +175,7 @@ func TestAppendType(t *testing.T) {
 		{"AppendFloat32(0)", "AppendFloat32", float32(0), []byte(`0`)},
 		{"AppendFloat32(-1.1)", "AppendFloat32", float32(-1.1), []byte(`-1.1`)},
 		{"AppendFloat32(1e20)", "AppendFloat32", float32(1e20), []byte(`100000000000000000000`)},
-		{"AppendFloat32(1e21)", "AppendFloat32", float32(1e21), []byte(`1000000000000000000000`)},
+		{"AppendFloat32(1e21)", "AppendFloat32", float32(1e21), []byte(`1e+21`)},
 
 		{"AppendFloat64(-Inf)", "AppendFloat64", float64(math.Inf(-1)), []byte(`"-Inf"`)},
 		{"AppendFloat64(+Inf)", "AppendFloat64", float64(math.Inf(1)), []byte(`"+Inf"`)},
@@ -52,7 +183,10 @@ func TestAppendType(t *testing.T) {
 		{"AppendFloat64(0)", "AppendFloat64", float64(0), []byte(`0`)},
 		{"AppendFloat64(-1.1)", "AppendFloat64", float64(-1.1), []byte(`-1.1`)},
 		{"AppendFloat64(1e20)", "AppendFloat64", float64(1e20), []byte(`100000000000000000000`)},
-		{"AppendFloat64(1e21)", "AppendFloat64", float64(1e21), []byte(`1000000000000000000000`)},
+		{"AppendFloat64(1e21)", "AppendFloat64", float64(1e21), []byte(`1e+21`)},
+
+		{"AppendFloat32SmallPrecision(-1.123)", "AppendFloat32SmallPrecision", float32(-1.123), []byte(`-1.1`)},
+		{"AppendFloat64SmallPrecision(-1.123)", "AppendFloat64SmallPrecision", float64(-1.123), []byte(`-1.1`)},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -63,7 +197,7 @@ func TestAppendType(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func Test_appendMAC(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAppendMAC(t *testing.T) {
 	MACtests := []struct {
 		input string
 		want  []byte
@@ -81,7 +215,70 @@ func Test_appendMAC(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func Test_appendIP(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAppendBool(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range internal.BooleanTestCases {
+		s := enc.AppendBool([]byte{}, tc.Val)
+		got := string(s)
+		if got != tc.Json {
+			t.Errorf("AppendBool(%s)=0x%s, want: 0x%s",
+				tc.Json,
+				string(s),
+				string([]byte(tc.Binary)))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendBoolArray(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range internal.BooleanArrayTestCases {
+		s := enc.AppendBools([]byte{}, tc.Val)
+		got := string(s)
+		if got != tc.Json {
+			t.Errorf("AppendBools(%s)=0x%s, want: 0x%s",
+				tc.Json,
+				hex.EncodeToString(s),
+				hex.EncodeToString([]byte(tc.Binary)))
+		}
+	}
+
+	// now empty array case
+	array := make([]bool, 0)
+	want := make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, []byte("[]")...) // start and end array
+	got := enc.AppendBools([]byte{}, array)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendBools(%v)\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			array,
+			hex.EncodeToString(got),
+			hex.EncodeToString(want))
+	}
+
+	// now a large array case
+	array = make([]bool, 24)
+	want = make([]byte, 0)
+	want = append(want, []byte("[")...) // start a large array
+	for i := 0; i < 24; i++ {
+		array[i] = bool(i%2 == 1)
+		if array[i] {
+			want = append(want, []byte("true")...)
+		} else {
+			want = append(want, []byte("false")...)
+		}
+		if (i + 1) < 24 {
+			want = append(want, []byte(",")...)
+		}
+	}
+	want = append(want, []byte("]")...) // end a large array
+
+	got = enc.AppendBools([]byte{}, array)
+	if !bytes.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("AppendBools(%v)\ngot:  0x%s\nwant: 0x%s",
+			array,
+			string(got),
+			string(want))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendIP(t *testing.T) {
 	IPv4tests := []struct {
 		input net.IP
 		want  []byte
@@ -114,7 +311,45 @@ func Test_appendIP(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func Test_appendIPPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+var IPAddrArrayTestCases = []struct {
+	input []net.IP
+	want  []byte
+}{
+	{[]net.IP{}, []byte(`[]`)},
+	{[]net.IP{{127, 0, 0, 0}}, []byte(`["127.0.0.0"]`)},
+	{[]net.IP{{0, 0, 0, 0}, {192, 168, 0, 100}}, []byte(`["0.0.0.0","192.168.0.100"]`)},
+}
+
+func TestAppendIPAddrs(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range IPAddrArrayTestCases {
+		t.Run("IPAddrs", func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := enc.AppendIPAddrs([]byte{}, tt.input); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("appendIPAddr() = %s, want %s", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+var IPPrefixArrayTestCases = []struct {
+	input []net.IPNet
+	want  []byte
+}{
+	{[]net.IPNet{}, []byte(`[]`)},
+	{[]net.IPNet{{IP: net.IP{127, 0, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(24, 32)}}, []byte(`["127.0.0.0/24"]`)},
+	{[]net.IPNet{{IP: net.IP{0, 0, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(0, 32)}, {IP: net.IP{192, 168, 0, 100}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(24, 32)}}, []byte(`["0.0.0.0/0","192.168.0.100/24"]`)},
+}
+
+func TestAppendIPPrefixes(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range IPPrefixArrayTestCases {
+		t.Run("IPPrefixes", func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := enc.AppendIPPrefixes([]byte{}, tt.input); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("appendIPAddr() = %s, want %s", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendIPPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	IPv4Prefixtests := []struct {
 		input net.IPNet
 		want  []byte
@@ -148,7 +383,7 @@ func Test_appendIPPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func Test_appendMac(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAppendMACAddr(t *testing.T) {
 	MACtests := []struct {
 		input net.HardwareAddr
 		want  []byte
@@ -165,3 +400,45 @@ func Test_appendMac(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAppendType2(t *testing.T) {
+	typeTests := []struct {
+		label string
+		input interface{}
+		want  []byte
+	}{
+		{"int", 42, []byte(`"int"`)},
+		{"MAC", net.HardwareAddr{0x12, 0x34, 0x00, 0x00, 0x90, 0xab}, []byte(`"net.HardwareAddr"`)},
+		{"float64", float64(2.50), []byte(`"float64"`)},
+		{"nil", nil, []byte(`"<nil>"`)},
+		{"bool", true, []byte(`"bool"`)},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range typeTests {
+		t.Run(tt.label, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := enc.AppendType([]byte{}, tt.input); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("appendType() = %s, want %s", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAppendObjectData(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		dst  []byte
+		obj  []byte
+		want []byte
+	}{
+		{[]byte{}, []byte(`{"foo":"bar"}`), []byte(`"foo":"bar"}`)},
+		{[]byte(`{"qux":"quz"`), []byte(`{"foo":"bar"}`), []byte(`{"qux":"quz","foo":"bar"}`)},
+		{[]byte{}, []byte(`"foo":"bar"`), []byte(`"foo":"bar"`)},
+		{[]byte(`{"qux":"quz"`), []byte(`"foo":"bar"`), []byte(`{"qux":"quz","foo":"bar"`)},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run("ObjectData", func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := enc.AppendObjectData(tt.dst, tt.obj); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("appendObjectData() = %s, want %s", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/testcases.go

@@ -0,0 +1,377 @@
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"net"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var BooleanTestCases = []struct {
+	Val    bool
+	Binary string
+	Json   string
+}{
+	{true, "\xf5", "true"},
+	{false, "\xf4", "false"},
+}
+
+var BooleanArrayTestCases = []struct {
+	Val    []bool
+	Binary string
+	Json   string
+}{
+	{[]bool{}, "\x9f\xff", "[]"},
+	{[]bool{false}, "\x81\xf4", "[false]"},
+	{[]bool{true, false, true}, "\x83\xf5\xf4\xf5", "[true,false,true]"},
+	{[]bool{true, false, false, true, false, true}, "\x86\xf5\xf4\xf4\xf5\xf4\xf5", "[true,false,false,true,false,true]"},
+}
+
+var IntegerTestCases = []struct {
+	Val    int
+	Binary string
+}{
+	// Value included in the type.
+	{0, "\x00"},
+	{1, "\x01"},
+	{2, "\x02"},
+	{3, "\x03"},
+	{8, "\x08"},
+	{9, "\x09"},
+	{10, "\x0a"},
+	{22, "\x16"},
+	{23, "\x17"},
+
+	// Value in 1 byte.
+	{24, "\x18\x18"},
+	{25, "\x18\x19"},
+	{26, "\x18\x1a"},
+	{127, "\x18\x7f"},
+	{254, "\x18\xfe"},
+	{255, "\x18\xff"},
+
+	// Value in 2 bytes.
+	{256, "\x19\x01\x00"},
+	{257, "\x19\x01\x01"},
+	{1000, "\x19\x03\xe8"},
+	{0xFFFF, "\x19\xff\xff"},
+
+	// Value in 4 bytes.
+	{0x10000, "\x1a\x00\x01\x00\x00"},
+	{0x7FFFFFFE, "\x1a\x7f\xff\xff\xfe"},
+	{1000000, "\x1a\x00\x0f\x42\x40"},
+
+	// Negative number test cases.
+	// Value included in the type.
+	{-1, "\x20"},
+	{-2, "\x21"},
+	{-3, "\x22"},
+	{-10, "\x29"},
+	{-21, "\x34"},
+	{-22, "\x35"},
+	{-23, "\x36"},
+	{-24, "\x37"},
+
+	// Value in 1 byte.
+	{-25, "\x38\x18"},
+	{-26, "\x38\x19"},
+	{-100, "\x38\x63"},
+	{-128, "\x38\x7f"},
+	{-254, "\x38\xfd"},
+	{-255, "\x38\xfe"},
+	{-256, "\x38\xff"},
+
+	// Value in 2 bytes.
+	{-257, "\x39\x01\x00"},
+	{-258, "\x39\x01\x01"},
+	{-1000, "\x39\x03\xe7"},
+
+	// Value in 4 bytes.
+	{-0x10001, "\x3a\x00\x01\x00\x00"},
+	{-0x7FFFFFFE, "\x3a\x7f\xff\xff\xfd"},
+	{-1000000, "\x3a\x00\x0f\x42\x3f"},
+
+	//Constants
+	{math.MaxInt8, "\x18\x7f"},
+	{math.MinInt8, "\x38\x7f"},
+	{math.MaxInt16, "\x19\x7f\xff"},
+	{math.MinInt16, "\x39\x7f\xff"},
+	{math.MaxInt32, "\x1a\x7f\xff\xff\xff"},
+	{math.MinInt32, "\x3a\x7f\xff\xff\xff"},
+	{math.MaxInt64, "\x1b\x7f\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff"},
+	{math.MinInt64, "\x3b\x7f\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff"},
+}
+
+type UnsignedIntTestCase struct {
+	Val       uint
+	Binary    string
+	Bigbinary string
+}
+
+var AdditionalUnsignedIntegerTestCases = []UnsignedIntTestCase{
+	{0x7FFFFFFF, "\x18\xff", "\x1a\x7f\xff\xff\xff"},
+	{0x80000000, "\x19\xff\xff", "\x1a\x80\x00\x00\x00"},
+	{1000000, "\x1b\x80\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", "\x1a\x00\x0f\x42\x40"},
+
+	//Constants
+	{math.MaxUint8, "\x18\xff", "\x18\xff"},
+	{math.MaxUint16, "\x19\xff\xff", "\x19\xff\xff"},
+	{math.MaxUint32, "\x1a\xff\xff\xff\xff", "\x1a\xff\xff\xff\xff"},
+	{math.MaxUint64, "\x1b\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff", "\x1b\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff"},
+}
+
+func unsignedIntegerTestCases() []UnsignedIntTestCase {
+	size := len(IntegerTestCases) + len(AdditionalUnsignedIntegerTestCases)
+	cases := make([]UnsignedIntTestCase, 0, size)
+	cases = append(cases, AdditionalUnsignedIntegerTestCases...)
+	for _, itc := range IntegerTestCases {
+		if itc.Val < 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		cases = append(cases, UnsignedIntTestCase{Val: uint(itc.Val), Binary: itc.Binary, Bigbinary: itc.Binary})
+	}
+	return cases
+}
+
+var UnsignedIntegerTestCases = unsignedIntegerTestCases()
+
+var Float32TestCases = []struct {
+	Val    float32
+	Binary string
+}{
+	{0.0, "\xfa\x00\x00\x00\x00"},
+	{-0.0, "\xfa\x00\x00\x00\x00"},
+	{1.0, "\xfa\x3f\x80\x00\x00"},
+	{1.5, "\xfa\x3f\xc0\x00\x00"},
+	{65504.0, "\xfa\x47\x7f\xe0\x00"},
+	{-4.0, "\xfa\xc0\x80\x00\x00"},
+	{0.00006103515625, "\xfa\x38\x80\x00\x00"},
+	{float32(math.Inf(0)), "\xfa\x7f\x80\x00\x00"},
+	{float32(math.Inf(-1)), "\xfa\xff\x80\x00\x00"},
+	{float32(math.NaN()), "\xfa\x7f\xc0\x00\x00"},
+	{math.SmallestNonzeroFloat32, "\xfa\x00\x00\x00\x01"},
+	{math.MaxFloat32, "\xfa\x7f\x7f\xff\xff"},
+}
+
+var Float64TestCases = []struct {
+	Val    float64
+	Binary string
+}{
+	{0.0, "\xfa\x00\x00\x00\x00"},
+	{-0.0, "\xfa\x00\x00\x00\x00"},
+	{1.0, "\xfa\x3f\x80\x00\x00"},
+	{1.5, "\xfa\x3f\xc0\x00\x00"},
+	{65504.0, "\xfa\x47\x7f\xe0\x00"},
+	{-4.0, "\xfa\xc0\x80\x00\x00"},
+	{0.00006103515625, "\xfa\x38\x80\x00\x00"},
+	{math.Inf(0), "\xfa\x7f\x80\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"},
+	{math.Inf(-1), "\xfa\xff\x80\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"},
+	{math.NaN(), "\xfb\x7f\xf8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"},
+	{math.SmallestNonzeroFloat64, "\xfa\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01"},
+	{math.MaxFloat64, "\xfa\x7f\x7f\xff\xff"},
+}
+
+var IntegerArrayTestCases = []struct {
+	Val    []int
+	Binary string
+	Json   string
+}{
+	{[]int{}, "\x9f\xff", "[]"},
+	{[]int{32768}, "\x81\x19\x80\x00", "[32768]"},
+	{[]int{-1, 0, 200, 20}, "\x84\x20\x00\x18\xc8\x14", "[-1,0,200,20]"},
+	{[]int{-200, -10, 200, 400}, "\x84\x38\xc7\x29\x18\xc8\x19\x01\x90", "[-200,-10,200,400]"},
+	{[]int{1, 2, 3}, "\x83\x01\x02\x03", "[1,2,3]"},
+	{[]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25},
+		"\x98\x19\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0e\x0f\x10\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18\x18\x18\x19",
+		"[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25]"},
+}
+
+var IpAddrTestCases = []struct {
+	Ipaddr net.IP
+	Text   string
+	Binary string
+}{
+	{net.IP{10, 0, 0, 1}, "\"10.0.0.1\"", "\xd9\x01\x04\x44\x0a\x00\x00\x01"},
+	{net.IP{0x20, 0x01, 0x0d, 0xb8, 0x85, 0xa3, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x8a, 0x2e, 0x03, 0x70, 0x73, 0x34},
+		"\"2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334\"",
+		"\xd9\x01\x04\x50\x20\x01\x0d\xb8\x85\xa3\x00\x00\x00\x00\x8a\x2e\x03\x70\x73\x34"},
+}
+
+var IPAddrArrayTestCases = []struct {
+	Val    []net.IP
+	Binary string
+	Json   string
+}{
+	{[]net.IP{}, "\x9f\xff", "[]"},
+	{[]net.IP{{127, 0, 0, 0}}, "\x81\xd9\x01\x04\x44\x7f\x00\x00\x00", "[127.0.0.0]"},
+	{[]net.IP{{0, 0, 0, 0}, {192, 168, 0, 100}}, "\x82\xd9\x01\x04\x44\x00\x00\x00\x00\xd9\x01\x04\x44\xc0\xa8\x00\x64", "[0.0.0.0,192.168.0.100]"},
+}
+
+var IPPrefixTestCases = []struct {
+	Pfx    net.IPNet
+	Text   string // ASCII representation of pfx
+	Binary string // CBOR representation of pfx
+}{
+	{net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{0, 0, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(0, 32)}, "\"0.0.0.0/0\"", "\xd9\x01\x05\xa1\x44\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"},
+	{net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{192, 168, 0, 100}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(24, 32)}, "\"192.168.0.100/24\"",
+		"\xd9\x01\x05\xa1\x44\xc0\xa8\x00\x64\x18\x18"},
+	{net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(128, 128)}, "\"::1/128\"",
+		"\xd9\x01\x05\xa1\x50\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x18\x80"},
+}
+
+var IPPrefixArrayTestCases = []struct {
+	Val    []net.IPNet
+	Binary string
+	Json   string
+}{
+	{[]net.IPNet{}, "\x9f\xff", "[]"},
+	{[]net.IPNet{{IP: net.IP{127, 0, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(24, 32)}}, "\x81\xd9\x01\x05\xa1\x44\x7f\x00\x00\x00\x18\x18", "[127.0.0.0/24]"},
+	{[]net.IPNet{{IP: net.IP{0, 0, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(0, 32)}, {IP: net.IP{192, 168, 0, 100}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(24, 32)}}, "\x82\xd9\x01\x05\xa1\x44\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xd9\x01\x05\xa1\x44\xc0\xa8\x00\x64\x18\x18", "[0.0.0.0/0,192.168.0.100/24]"},
+}
+
+var MacAddrTestCases = []struct {
+	Macaddr net.HardwareAddr
+	Text    string // ASCII representation of macaddr
+	Binary  string // CBOR representation of macaddr
+}{
+	{net.HardwareAddr{0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78, 0x90, 0xab}, "\"12:34:56:78:90:ab\"", "\xd9\x01\x04\x46\x12\x34\x56\x78\x90\xab"},
+	{net.HardwareAddr{0x20, 0x01, 0x0d, 0xb8, 0x85, 0xa3}, "\"20:01:0d:b8:85:a3\"", "\xd9\x01\x04\x46\x20\x01\x0d\xb8\x85\xa3"},
+}
+
+var EncodeHexTests = []struct {
+	In  byte
+	Out string
+}{
+	{0x00, `"00"`},
+	{0x0f, `"0f"`},
+	{0x10, `"10"`},
+	{0xf0, `"f0"`},
+	{0xff, `"ff"`},
+}
+
+var EncodeStringTests = []struct {
+	In  string
+	Out string
+}{
+	{"", `""`},
+	{"\\", `"\\"`},
+	{"\x00", `"\u0000"`},
+	{"\x01", `"\u0001"`},
+	{"\x02", `"\u0002"`},
+	{"\x03", `"\u0003"`},
+	{"\x04", `"\u0004"`},
+	{"\x05", `"\u0005"`},
+	{"\x06", `"\u0006"`},
+	{"\x07", `"\u0007"`},
+	{"\x08", `"\b"`},
+	{"\x09", `"\t"`},
+	{"\x0a", `"\n"`},
+	{"\x0b", `"\u000b"`},
+	{"\x0c", `"\f"`},
+	{"\x0d", `"\r"`},
+	{"\x0e", `"\u000e"`},
+	{"\x0f", `"\u000f"`},
+	{"\x10", `"\u0010"`},
+	{"\x11", `"\u0011"`},
+	{"\x12", `"\u0012"`},
+	{"\x13", `"\u0013"`},
+	{"\x14", `"\u0014"`},
+	{"\x15", `"\u0015"`},
+	{"\x16", `"\u0016"`},
+	{"\x17", `"\u0017"`},
+	{"\x18", `"\u0018"`},
+	{"\x19", `"\u0019"`},
+	{"\x1a", `"\u001a"`},
+	{"\x1b", `"\u001b"`},
+	{"\x1c", `"\u001c"`},
+	{"\x1d", `"\u001d"`},
+	{"\x1e", `"\u001e"`},
+	{"\x1f", `"\u001f"`},
+	{"✭", `"✭"`},
+	{"foo\xc2\x7fbar", `"foo\ufffd\u007fbar"`}, // invalid sequence
+	{"ascii", `"ascii"`},
+	{"\"a", `"\"a"`},
+	{"\x1fa", `"\u001fa"`},
+	{"foo\"bar\"baz", `"foo\"bar\"baz"`},
+	{"\x1ffoo\x1fbar\x1fbaz", `"\u001ffoo\u001fbar\u001fbaz"`},
+	{"emoji \u2764\ufe0f!", `"emoji ❤️!"`},
+}
+
+var EncodeStringsTests = []struct {
+	In  []string
+	Out string
+}{
+	{nil, `[]`},
+	{[]string{}, `[]`},
+	{[]string{"A"}, `["A"]`},
+	{[]string{"A", "B"}, `["A","B"]`},
+}
+
+var EncodeStringerTests = []struct {
+	In     fmt.Stringer
+	Out    string
+	Binary string
+}{
+	{nil, `null`, "\xf6"},
+	{fmt.Stringer(nil), `null`, "\xf6"},
+	{net.IPv4bcast, `"255.255.255.255"`, "\x6f\x32\x35\x35\x2e\x32\x35\x35\x2e\x32\x35\x35\x2e\x32\x35\x35"},
+}
+
+var EncodeStringersTests = []struct {
+	In     []fmt.Stringer
+	Out    string
+	Binary string
+}{
+	{nil, `[]`, "\x9f\xff"},
+	{[]fmt.Stringer{}, `[]`, "\x9f\xff"},
+	{[]fmt.Stringer{net.IPv4bcast}, `["255.255.255.255"]`, "\x9f\x6f255.255.255.255\xff"},
+	{[]fmt.Stringer{net.IPv4allsys, net.IPv4allrouter}, `["224.0.0.1","224.0.0.2"]`, "\x9f\x69224.0.0.1\x69224.0.0.2\xff"},
+}
+
+var TimeIntegerTestcases = []struct {
+	Txt     string
+	Binary  string
+	RfcStr  string
+	UnixInt int
+}{
+	{"2013-02-03T19:54:00-08:00", "\xc1\x1a\x51\x0f\x30\xd8", "2013-02-04T03:54:00Z", 1359950040},
+	{"1950-02-03T19:54:00-08:00", "\xc1\x3a\x25\x71\x93\xa7", "1950-02-04T03:54:00Z", -628200360},
+}
+
+var TimeFloatTestcases = []struct {
+	RfcStr  string
+	Out     string
+	UnixInt int
+}{
+	{"2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999-08:00", "\xc1\xfb\x41\xd0\xee\x6c\x59\x7f\xff\xfc", 1136243045},
+	{"1956-01-02T15:04:05.999999-08:00", "\xc1\xfb\xc1\xba\x53\x81\x1a\x00\x00\x11", -441680155},
+}
+
+var DurTestcases = []struct {
+	Duration   time.Duration
+	FloatOut   string
+	IntegerOut string
+}{
+	{1000, "\xfb\x3f\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", "\x01"},
+	{2000, "\xfb\x40\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", "\x02"},
+	{200000, "\xfb\x40\x69\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00", "\x18\xc8"},
+}
+
+// inline copy from globals.go of InterfaceMarshalFunc used in tests to avoid import cycle
+func InterfaceMarshalFunc(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	encoder := json.NewEncoder(&buf)
+	encoder.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+	err := encoder.Encode(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	b := buf.Bytes()
+	if len(b) > 0 {
+		// Remove trailing \n which is added by Encode.
+		return b[:len(b)-1], nil
+	}
+	return b, nil
+}

journald/journald.go

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build !windows
 // +build !windows
 
 // Package journald provides a io.Writer to send the logs
@@ -10,8 +11,9 @@ package journald
 
 // Zerolog's Top level key/Value Pairs are translated to
 // journald's args - all Values are sent to journald as strings.
-// And all key strings are converted to uppercase before sending
-// to journald (as required by journald).
+// And all key strings are converted to uppercase and sanitized
+// by replacing any characters not in [A-Z0-9_] with '_' before
+// sending to journald (as required by journald).
 
 // In addition, entire log message (all Key Value Pairs), is also
 // sent to journald under the key "JSON".
@@ -20,15 +22,22 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/coreos/go-systemd/journal"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal/cbor"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/journal"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal/cbor"
 )
 
 const defaultJournalDPrio = journal.PriNotice
 
+// SendFunc is the function used to send logs to journald.
+// It can be replaced in tests for mocking. If nil, journal.Send is used directly.
+// This variable should only be modified in tests and must not be changed while the
+// writer is in use. Tests that modify this variable should not use t.Parallel().
+var SendFunc func(string, journal.Priority, map[string]string) error
+
 // NewJournalDWriter returns a zerolog log destination
 // to be used as parameter to New() calls. Writing logs
 // to this writer will send the log messages to journalD
@@ -47,6 +56,8 @@ func levelToJPrio(zLevel string) journal.Priority {
 	lvl, _ := zerolog.ParseLevel(zLevel)
 
 	switch lvl {
+	case zerolog.TraceLevel:
+		return journal.PriDebug
 	case zerolog.DebugLevel:
 		return journal.PriDebug
 	case zerolog.InfoLevel:
@@ -65,18 +76,33 @@ func levelToJPrio(zLevel string) journal.Priority {
 	return defaultJournalDPrio
 }
 
-func (w journalWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	if !journal.Enabled() {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("Cannot connect to journalD!!")
-		return
+// sanitizeKey converts a key to uppercase and replaces invalid characters with '_'
+// JournalD requires keys start with A-Z and contain only  A-Z, 0-9, or _
+func sanitizeKey(key string) string {
+	sanitized := strings.Map(func(r rune) rune {
+		if r >= 'a' && r <= 'z' {
+			return r - 'a' + 'A'
+		} else if (r >= 'A' && r <= 'Z') || (r >= '0' && r <= '9') || r == '_' {
+			return r
+		} else {
+			return '_'
+		}
+	}, key)
+	if len(sanitized) == 0 || sanitized[0] >= '0' && sanitized[0] <= '9' || sanitized[0] == '_' {
+		sanitized = "X" + sanitized
 	}
+	return sanitized
+}
+
+func (w journalWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	var event map[string]interface{}
+	origPLen := len(p)
 	p = cbor.DecodeIfBinaryToBytes(p)
 	d := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(p))
 	d.UseNumber()
 	err = d.Decode(&event)
 	jPrio := defaultJournalDPrio
-	args := make(map[string]string, 0)
+	args := make(map[string]string)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -86,7 +112,7 @@ func (w journalWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 
 	msg := ""
 	for key, value := range event {
-		jKey := strings.ToUpper(key)
+		jKey := sanitizeKey(key)
 		switch key {
 		case zerolog.LevelFieldName, zerolog.TimestampFieldName:
 			continue
@@ -95,13 +121,13 @@ func (w journalWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		switch value.(type) {
+		switch v := value.(type) {
 		case string:
-			args[jKey], _ = value.(string)
+			args[jKey] = v
 		case json.Number:
 			args[jKey] = fmt.Sprint(value)
 		default:
-			b, err := json.Marshal(value)
+			b, err := zerolog.InterfaceMarshalFunc(value)
 			if err != nil {
 				args[jKey] = fmt.Sprintf("[error: %v]", err)
 			} else {
@@ -110,6 +136,15 @@ func (w journalWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		}
 	}
 	args["JSON"] = string(p)
-	err = journal.Send(msg, jPrio, args)
+	if SendFunc != nil {
+		err = SendFunc(msg, jPrio, args)
+	} else {
+		err = journal.Send(msg, jPrio, args)
+	}
+
+	if err == nil {
+		n = origPLen
+	}
+
 	return
 }

journald/journald_test.go

@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
-// +build !windows
+//go:build linux
+// +build linux
 
-package journald_test
+package journald
 
-import "github.com/rs/zerolog"
-import "github.com/rs/zerolog/journald"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/journal"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+)
 
 func ExampleNewJournalDWriter() {
-	log := zerolog.New(journald.NewJournalDWriter())
+	log := zerolog.New(NewJournalDWriter())
 	log.Info().Str("foo", "bar").Uint64("small", 123).Float64("float", 3.14).Uint64("big", 1152921504606846976).Msg("Journal Test")
 	// Output:
 }
@@ -42,3 +51,232 @@ Thu 2018-04-26 22:30:20.768136 PDT [s=3284d695bde946e4b5017c77a399237f;i=329f0;b
     _PID=27103
     _SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP=1524807020768136
 */
+
+func TestSanitizeKey(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{"test", "TEST"},
+		{"Test", "TEST"},
+		{"test-key", "TEST_KEY"},
+		{"Test.Key", "TEST_KEY"},
+		{"test_key123", "TEST_KEY123"},
+		{"invalid@key!", "INVALID_KEY_"},
+		{"a1B2_c3D4", "A1B2_C3D4"},
+		{"_", "X_"},
+		{"", "X"},
+		{"123", "X123"},
+		{"a-b.c_d", "A_B_C_D"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := sanitizeKey(tt.input)
+			if result != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("sanitizeKey(%q) = %q; want %q", tt.input, result, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriteReturnsNoOfWrittenBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	input := []byte(`{"level":"info","time":1570912626,"message":"Starting..."}`)
+	wr := NewJournalDWriter()
+	want := len(input)
+	got, err := wr.Write(input)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if want != got {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %d bytes to be written got %d", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMultiWrite(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		w1 = new(bytes.Buffer)
+		w2 = new(bytes.Buffer)
+		w3 = NewJournalDWriter()
+	)
+
+	zerolog.ErrorHandler = func(err error) {
+		if err == io.ErrShortWrite {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected ShortWriteError")
+			t.FailNow()
+		}
+	}
+
+	log := zerolog.New(io.MultiWriter(w1, w2, w3)).With().Logger()
+
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		log.Info().Msg("Tick!")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriteWithVariousTypes(t *testing.T) {
+	mock := &mockSend{}
+	oldSend := SendFunc
+	SendFunc = mock.send
+	defer func() { SendFunc = oldSend }()
+
+	wr := NewJournalDWriter()
+	log := zerolog.New(wr)
+
+	// This should cover the default case in the switch for value types
+	log.Info().Bool("flag", true).Str("foo", "bar").Uint64("small", 123).Float64("float", 3.14).Uint64("big", 1152921504606846976).Interface("data", map[string]int{"a": 1}).Msg("Test various types")
+
+	// Verify the call
+	if len(mock.calls) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 call, got %d", len(mock.calls))
+	}
+
+	call := mock.calls[0]
+
+	// Check that flag is sanitized to FLAG and value is "true"
+	if call.args["FLAG"] != "true" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected FLAG=true, got %s", call.args["FLAG"])
+	}
+
+	// Check that data is marshaled (should be a JSON string)
+	expectedData := `{"a":1}`
+	if call.args["DATA"] != expectedData {
+		t.Errorf("Expected DATA=%q, got %q", expectedData, call.args["DATA"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriteWithAllLevels(t *testing.T) {
+	wr := NewJournalDWriter()
+
+	// Save original FatalExitFunc
+	oldFatalExitFunc := zerolog.FatalExitFunc
+	defer func() { zerolog.FatalExitFunc = oldFatalExitFunc }()
+
+	// Set FatalExitFunc to prevent actual exit
+	zerolog.FatalExitFunc = func() {}
+
+	log := zerolog.New(wr)
+
+	// Test all zerolog levels to cover levelToJPrio switch cases
+	log.Trace().Msg("Trace level")
+	log.Debug().Msg("Debug level")
+	log.Info().Msg("Info level")
+	log.Warn().Msg("Warn level")
+	log.Error().Msg("Error level")
+	log.Log().Msg("No level")
+
+	// For Fatal, it will call FatalExitFunc instead of exiting
+	log.Fatal().Msg("Fatal level")
+
+	// For Panic, use recover to catch the panic, do last because it will stop of this test execution
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r == nil {
+			t.Error("Expected panic from Panic level")
+		}
+	}()
+	log.Panic().Msg("Panic level")
+
+}
+
+func TestWriteOutputs(t *testing.T) {
+	mock := &mockSend{}
+	oldSend := SendFunc
+	SendFunc = mock.send
+	defer func() { SendFunc = oldSend }()
+
+	wr := NewJournalDWriter()
+	log := zerolog.New(wr)
+
+	// Log a message with various fields
+	log.Info().Str("test-key", "value").Int("number", 42).Msg("Test message")
+
+	// Check that SendFunc was called
+	if len(mock.calls) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 call to SendFunc, got %d", len(mock.calls))
+	}
+
+	call := mock.calls[0]
+
+	// Check message
+	if call.msg != "Test message" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected msg 'Test message', got %q", call.msg)
+	}
+
+	// Check priority
+	if call.prio != journal.PriInfo {
+		t.Errorf("Expected prio %d (PriInfo), got %d", journal.PriInfo, call.prio)
+	}
+
+	// Check args
+	expectedArgs := map[string]string{
+		"TEST_KEY": "value",
+		"NUMBER":   "42",
+		"JSON":     `{"level":"info","test-key":"value","number":42,"message":"Test message"}` + "\n",
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range expectedArgs {
+		if call.args[k] != v {
+			t.Errorf("Expected args[%q] = %q, got %q", k, v, call.args[k])
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Check that LEVEL is not in args (since it's skipped)
+	if _, ok := call.args["LEVEL"]; ok {
+		t.Error("LEVEL should not be in args")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriteWithMarshalError(t *testing.T) {
+	mock := &mockSend{}
+	oldSend := SendFunc
+	SendFunc = mock.send
+	defer func() { SendFunc = oldSend }()
+
+	// Save original marshal func
+	originalMarshal := zerolog.InterfaceMarshalFunc
+	defer func() { zerolog.InterfaceMarshalFunc = originalMarshal }()
+
+	// Set marshal func to fail
+	zerolog.InterfaceMarshalFunc = func(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("fake error")
+	}
+
+	wr := NewJournalDWriter()
+	log := zerolog.New(wr)
+
+	// This should trigger the error handling in the default case
+	log.Info().Interface("data", map[string]int{"a": 1}).Msg("Test with error")
+
+	// Verify the call
+	if len(mock.calls) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 call, got %d", len(mock.calls))
+	}
+
+	call := mock.calls[0]
+
+	// Check that data has the error message
+	got := call.args["DATA"]
+	want := "error: fake error"
+	if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected DATA to contain %q, got %q", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+type mockSend struct {
+	calls []struct {
+		msg  string
+		prio journal.Priority
+		args map[string]string
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *mockSend) send(msg string, prio journal.Priority, args map[string]string) error {
+	m.calls = append(m.calls, struct {
+		msg  string
+		prio journal.Priority
+		args map[string]string
+	}{msg, prio, args})
+	return nil
+}

log.go

@@ -2,112 +2,129 @@
 //
 // A global Logger can be use for simple logging:
 //
-//     import "github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+//	import "github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 //
-//     log.Info().Msg("hello world")
-//     // Output: {"time":1494567715,"level":"info","message":"hello world"}
+//	log.Info().Msg("hello world")
+//	// Output: {"time":1494567715,"level":"info","message":"hello world"}
 //
 // NOTE: To import the global logger, import the "log" subpackage "github.com/rs/zerolog/log".
 //
 // Fields can be added to log messages:
 //
-//     log.Info().Str("foo", "bar").Msg("hello world")
-//     // Output: {"time":1494567715,"level":"info","message":"hello world","foo":"bar"}
+//	log.Info().Str("foo", "bar").Msg("hello world")
+//	// Output: {"time":1494567715,"level":"info","message":"hello world","foo":"bar"}
 //
 // Create logger instance to manage different outputs:
 //
-//     logger := zerolog.New(os.Stderr).With().Timestamp().Logger()
-//     logger.Info().
-//            Str("foo", "bar").
-//            Msg("hello world")
-//     // Output: {"time":1494567715,"level":"info","message":"hello world","foo":"bar"}
+//	logger := zerolog.New(os.Stderr).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+//	logger.Info().
+//	       Str("foo", "bar").
+//	       Msg("hello world")
+//	// Output: {"time":1494567715,"level":"info","message":"hello world","foo":"bar"}
 //
 // Sub-loggers let you chain loggers with additional context:
 //
-//     sublogger := log.With().Str("component": "foo").Logger()
-//     sublogger.Info().Msg("hello world")
-//     // Output: {"time":1494567715,"level":"info","message":"hello world","component":"foo"}
+//	sublogger := log.With().Str("component", "foo").Logger()
+//	sublogger.Info().Msg("hello world")
+//	// Output: {"time":1494567715,"level":"info","message":"hello world","component":"foo"}
 //
 // Level logging
 //
-//     zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
+//	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
 //
-//     log.Debug().Msg("filtered out message")
-//     log.Info().Msg("routed message")
+//	log.Debug().Msg("filtered out message")
+//	log.Info().Msg("routed message")
 //
-//     if e := log.Debug(); e.Enabled() {
-//         // Compute log output only if enabled.
-//         value := compute()
-//         e.Str("foo": value).Msg("some debug message")
-//     }
-//     // Output: {"level":"info","time":1494567715,"routed message"}
+//	if e := log.Debug(); e.Enabled() {
+//	    // Compute log output only if enabled.
+//	    value := compute()
+//	    e.Str("foo": value).Msg("some debug message")
+//	}
+//	// Output: {"level":"info","time":1494567715,"routed message"}
 //
 // Customize automatic field names:
 //
-//     log.TimestampFieldName = "t"
-//     log.LevelFieldName = "p"
-//     log.MessageFieldName = "m"
+//	log.TimestampFieldName = "t"
+//	log.LevelFieldName = "p"
+//	log.MessageFieldName = "m"
 //
-//     log.Info().Msg("hello world")
-//     // Output: {"t":1494567715,"p":"info","m":"hello world"}
+//	log.Info().Msg("hello world")
+//	// Output: {"t":1494567715,"p":"info","m":"hello world"}
 //
 // Log with no level and message:
 //
-//     log.Log().Str("foo","bar").Msg("")
-//     // Output: {"time":1494567715,"foo":"bar"}
+//	log.Log().Str("foo","bar").Msg("")
+//	// Output: {"time":1494567715,"foo":"bar"}
 //
 // Add contextual fields to global Logger:
 //
-//     log.Logger = log.With().Str("foo", "bar").Logger()
+//	log.Logger = log.With().Str("foo", "bar").Logger()
 //
 // Sample logs:
 //
-//     sampled := log.Sample(&zerolog.BasicSampler{N: 10})
-//     sampled.Info().Msg("will be logged every 10 messages")
+//	sampled := log.Sample(&zerolog.BasicSampler{N: 10})
+//	sampled.Info().Msg("will be logged every 10 messages")
 //
 // Log with contextual hooks:
 //
-//     // Create the hook:
-//     type SeverityHook struct{}
+//	// Create the hook:
+//	type SeverityHook struct{}
 //
-//     func (h SeverityHook) Run(e *zerolog.Event, level zerolog.Level, msg string) {
-//          if level != zerolog.NoLevel {
-//              e.Str("severity", level.String())
-//          }
-//     }
+//	func (h SeverityHook) Run(e *zerolog.Event, level zerolog.Level, msg string) {
+//	     if level != zerolog.NoLevel {
+//	         e.Str("severity", level.String())
+//	     }
+//	}
 //
-//     // And use it:
-//     var h SeverityHook
-//     log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).Hook(h)
-//     log.Warn().Msg("")
-//     // Output: {"level":"warn","severity":"warn"}
+//	// And use it:
+//	var h SeverityHook
+//	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).Hook(h)
+//	log.Warn().Msg("")
+//	// Output: {"level":"warn","severity":"warn"}
 //
+// # Caveats
 //
-// Caveats
+// Field duplication:
 //
 // There is no fields deduplication out-of-the-box.
 // Using the same key multiple times creates new key in final JSON each time.
 //
-//     logger := zerolog.New(os.Stderr).With().Timestamp().Logger()
-//     logger.Info().
-//            Timestamp().
-//            Msg("dup")
-//     // Output: {"level":"info","time":1494567715,"time":1494567715,"message":"dup"}
+//	logger := zerolog.New(os.Stderr).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+//	logger.Info().
+//	       Timestamp().
+//	       Msg("dup")
+//	// Output: {"level":"info","time":1494567715,"time":1494567715,"message":"dup"}
 //
-// However, it’s not a big deal though as JSON accepts dup keys,
-// the last one prevails.
+// In this case, many consumers will take the last value,
+// but this is not guaranteed; check yours if in doubt.
+//
+// Concurrency safety:
+//
+// Be careful when calling UpdateContext. It is not concurrency safe. Use the With method to create a child logger:
+//
+//	func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+//	    // Create a child logger for concurrency safety
+//	    logger := log.Logger.With().Logger()
+//
+//	    // Add context fields, for example User-Agent from HTTP headers
+//	    logger.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
+//	        ...
+//	    })
+//	}
 package zerolog
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // Level defines log levels.
-type Level uint8
+type Level int8
 
 const (
 	// DebugLevel defines debug log level.
@@ -126,53 +143,87 @@ const (
 	NoLevel
 	// Disabled disables the logger.
 	Disabled
+
+	// TraceLevel defines trace log level.
+	TraceLevel Level = -1
+	// Values less than TraceLevel are handled as numbers.
 )
 
 func (l Level) String() string {
 	switch l {
+	case TraceLevel:
+		return LevelTraceValue
 	case DebugLevel:
-		return "debug"
+		return LevelDebugValue
 	case InfoLevel:
-		return "info"
+		return LevelInfoValue
 	case WarnLevel:
-		return "warn"
+		return LevelWarnValue
 	case ErrorLevel:
-		return "error"
+		return LevelErrorValue
 	case FatalLevel:
-		return "fatal"
+		return LevelFatalValue
 	case PanicLevel:
-		return "panic"
+		return LevelPanicValue
+	case Disabled:
+		return "disabled"
 	case NoLevel:
 		return ""
 	}
-	return ""
+	return strconv.Itoa(int(l))
 }
 
 // ParseLevel converts a level string into a zerolog Level value.
 // returns an error if the input string does not match known values.
 func ParseLevel(levelStr string) (Level, error) {
-	switch levelStr {
-	case DebugLevel.String():
+	switch {
+	case strings.EqualFold(levelStr, LevelFieldMarshalFunc(TraceLevel)):
+		return TraceLevel, nil
+	case strings.EqualFold(levelStr, LevelFieldMarshalFunc(DebugLevel)):
 		return DebugLevel, nil
-	case InfoLevel.String():
+	case strings.EqualFold(levelStr, LevelFieldMarshalFunc(InfoLevel)):
 		return InfoLevel, nil
-	case WarnLevel.String():
+	case strings.EqualFold(levelStr, LevelFieldMarshalFunc(WarnLevel)):
 		return WarnLevel, nil
-	case ErrorLevel.String():
+	case strings.EqualFold(levelStr, LevelFieldMarshalFunc(ErrorLevel)):
 		return ErrorLevel, nil
-	case FatalLevel.String():
+	case strings.EqualFold(levelStr, LevelFieldMarshalFunc(FatalLevel)):
 		return FatalLevel, nil
-	case PanicLevel.String():
+	case strings.EqualFold(levelStr, LevelFieldMarshalFunc(PanicLevel)):
 		return PanicLevel, nil
-	case NoLevel.String():
+	case strings.EqualFold(levelStr, LevelFieldMarshalFunc(Disabled)):
+		return Disabled, nil
+	case strings.EqualFold(levelStr, LevelFieldMarshalFunc(NoLevel)):
 		return NoLevel, nil
 	}
-	return NoLevel, fmt.Errorf("Unknown Level String: '%s', defaulting to NoLevel", levelStr)
+	i, err := strconv.Atoi(levelStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return NoLevel, fmt.Errorf("Unknown Level String: '%s', defaulting to NoLevel", levelStr)
+	}
+	if i > 127 || i < -128 {
+		return NoLevel, fmt.Errorf("Out-Of-Bounds Level: '%d', defaulting to NoLevel", i)
+	}
+	return Level(i), nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalText implements encoding.TextUnmarshaler to allow for easy reading from toml/yaml/json formats
+func (l *Level) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
+	if l == nil {
+		return errors.New("can't unmarshal a nil *Level")
+	}
+	var err error
+	*l, err = ParseLevel(string(text))
+	return err
+}
+
+// MarshalText implements encoding.TextMarshaler to allow for easy writing into toml/yaml/json formats
+func (l Level) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(LevelFieldMarshalFunc(l)), nil
 }
 
 // A Logger represents an active logging object that generates lines
 // of JSON output to an io.Writer. Each logging operation makes a single
-// call to the Writer's Write method. There is no guaranty on access
+// call to the Writer's Write method. There is no guarantee on access
 // serialization to the Writer. If your Writer is not thread safe,
 // you may consider a sync wrapper.
 type Logger struct {
@@ -181,6 +232,8 @@ type Logger struct {
 	sampler Sampler
 	context []byte
 	hooks   []Hook
+	stack   bool
+	ctx     context.Context
 }
 
 // New creates a root logger with given output writer. If the output writer implements
@@ -188,17 +241,17 @@ type Logger struct {
 // one.
 //
 // Each logging operation makes a single call to the Writer's Write method. There is no
-// guaranty on access serialization to the Writer. If your Writer is not thread safe,
+// guarantee on access serialization to the Writer. If your Writer is not thread safe,
 // you may consider using sync wrapper.
 func New(w io.Writer) Logger {
 	if w == nil {
-		w = ioutil.Discard
+		w = io.Discard
 	}
 	lw, ok := w.(LevelWriter)
 	if !ok {
-		lw = levelWriterAdapter{w}
+		lw = LevelWriterAdapter{w}
 	}
-	return Logger{w: lw}
+	return Logger{w: lw, level: TraceLevel}
 }
 
 // Nop returns a disabled logger for which all operation are no-op.
@@ -211,6 +264,7 @@ func (l Logger) Output(w io.Writer) Logger {
 	l2 := New(w)
 	l2.level = l.level
 	l2.sampler = l.sampler
+	l2.stack = l.stack
 	if len(l.hooks) > 0 {
 		l2.hooks = append(l2.hooks, l.hooks...)
 	}
@@ -227,20 +281,28 @@ func (l Logger) With() Context {
 	l.context = make([]byte, 0, 500)
 	if context != nil {
 		l.context = append(l.context, context...)
+	} else {
+		// This is needed for AppendKey to not check len of input
+		// thus making it inlinable
+		l.context = enc.AppendBeginMarker(l.context)
 	}
 	return Context{l}
 }
 
 // UpdateContext updates the internal logger's context.
 //
-// Use this method with caution. If unsure, prefer the With method.
+// Caution: This method is not concurrency safe.
+// Use the With method to create a child logger before modifying the context from concurrent goroutines.
 func (l *Logger) UpdateContext(update func(c Context) Context) {
-	if l == disabledLogger {
+	if l.disabled() {
 		return
 	}
 	if cap(l.context) == 0 {
 		l.context = make([]byte, 0, 500)
 	}
+	if len(l.context) == 0 {
+		l.context = enc.AppendBeginMarker(l.context)
+	}
 	c := update(Context{*l})
 	l.context = c.l.context
 }
@@ -251,6 +313,11 @@ func (l Logger) Level(lvl Level) Logger {
 	return l
 }
 
+// GetLevel returns the current Level of l.
+func (l Logger) GetLevel() Level {
+	return l.level
+}
+
 // Sample returns a logger with the s sampler.
 func (l Logger) Sample(s Sampler) Logger {
 	l.sampler = s
@@ -258,11 +325,23 @@ func (l Logger) Sample(s Sampler) Logger {
 }
 
 // Hook returns a logger with the h Hook.
-func (l Logger) Hook(h Hook) Logger {
-	l.hooks = append(l.hooks, h)
+func (l Logger) Hook(hooks ...Hook) Logger {
+	if len(hooks) == 0 {
+		return l
+	}
+	newHooks := make([]Hook, len(l.hooks), len(l.hooks)+len(hooks))
+	copy(newHooks, l.hooks)
+	l.hooks = append(newHooks, hooks...)
 	return l
 }
 
+// Trace starts a new message with trace level.
+//
+// You must call Msg on the returned event in order to send the event.
+func (l *Logger) Trace() *Event {
+	return l.newEvent(TraceLevel, nil)
+}
+
 // Debug starts a new message with debug level.
 //
 // You must call Msg on the returned event in order to send the event.
@@ -291,27 +370,56 @@ func (l *Logger) Error() *Event {
 	return l.newEvent(ErrorLevel, nil)
 }
 
-// Fatal starts a new message with fatal level. The os.Exit(1) function
-// is called by the Msg method.
+// Err starts a new message with error level with err as a field if not nil or
+// with info level if err is nil.
+//
+// You must call Msg on the returned event in order to send the event.
+func (l *Logger) Err(err error) *Event {
+	if err != nil {
+		return l.Error().Err(err)
+	}
+
+	return l.Info()
+}
+
+// Fatal starts a new message with fatal level. The FatalExitFunc interceptor function
+// is called by the Msg method, which by default terminates the program immediately
+// using os.Exit(1), any desired behavior can be implemented by setting FatalExitFunc.
 //
 // You must call Msg on the returned event in order to send the event.
 func (l *Logger) Fatal() *Event {
-	return l.newEvent(FatalLevel, func(msg string) { os.Exit(1) })
+	return l.newEvent(FatalLevel, func(msg string) {
+		if closer, ok := l.w.(io.Closer); ok {
+			// Close the writer to flush any buffered message. Otherwise the message
+			// could be lost if FatalExitFunc() terminates the program immediately or
+			// os.Exit(1) is called if not FatalExitFunc isn't set (default).
+			closer.Close()
+		}
+		if FatalExitFunc != nil {
+			FatalExitFunc()
+		} else {
+			os.Exit(1) // untestable: terminates the program, cannot be covered
+		}
+	})
 }
 
-// Panic starts a new message with panic level. The message is also sent
-// to the panic function.
+// Panic starts a new message with panic level. The panic() function
+// is called by the Msg method, which stops the ordinary flow of a goroutine.
 //
 // You must call Msg on the returned event in order to send the event.
 func (l *Logger) Panic() *Event {
 	return l.newEvent(PanicLevel, func(msg string) { panic(msg) })
 }
 
-// WithLevel starts a new message with level.
+// WithLevel starts a new message with level. Unlike Fatal and Panic
+// methods, WithLevel does not terminate the program or stop the ordinary
+// flow of a goroutine when used with their respective levels.
 //
 // You must call Msg on the returned event in order to send the event.
 func (l *Logger) WithLevel(level Level) *Event {
 	switch level {
+	case TraceLevel:
+		return l.Trace()
 	case DebugLevel:
 		return l.Debug()
 	case InfoLevel:
@@ -321,15 +429,15 @@ func (l *Logger) WithLevel(level Level) *Event {
 	case ErrorLevel:
 		return l.Error()
 	case FatalLevel:
-		return l.Fatal()
+		return l.newEvent(FatalLevel, nil)
 	case PanicLevel:
-		return l.Panic()
+		return l.newEvent(PanicLevel, nil)
 	case NoLevel:
 		return l.Log()
 	case Disabled:
 		return nil
 	default:
-		panic("zerolog: WithLevel(): invalid level: " + strconv.Itoa(int(level)))
+		return l.newEvent(level, nil)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -345,7 +453,7 @@ func (l *Logger) Log() *Event {
 // Arguments are handled in the manner of fmt.Print.
 func (l *Logger) Print(v ...interface{}) {
 	if e := l.Debug(); e.Enabled() {
-		e.Msg(fmt.Sprint(v...))
+		e.CallerSkipFrame(1).Msg(fmt.Sprint(v...))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -353,7 +461,15 @@ func (l *Logger) Print(v ...interface{}) {
 // Arguments are handled in the manner of fmt.Printf.
 func (l *Logger) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 	if e := l.Debug(); e.Enabled() {
-		e.Msg(fmt.Sprintf(format, v...))
+		e.CallerSkipFrame(1).Msg(fmt.Sprintf(format, v...))
+	}
+}
+
+// Println sends a log event using debug level and no extra field.
+// Arguments are handled in the manner of fmt.Println.
+func (l *Logger) Println(v ...interface{}) {
+	if e := l.Debug(); e.Enabled() {
+		e.CallerSkipFrame(1).Msg(fmt.Sprintln(v...))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -365,29 +481,43 @@ func (l Logger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		// Trim CR added by stdlog.
 		p = p[0 : n-1]
 	}
-	l.Log().Msg(string(p))
+	l.Log().CallerSkipFrame(1).Msg(string(p))
 	return
 }
 
 func (l *Logger) newEvent(level Level, done func(string)) *Event {
 	enabled := l.should(level)
 	if !enabled {
+		if done != nil {
+			done("")
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
-	e := newEvent(l.w, level)
+	e := newEvent(l.w, level, l.stack, l.ctx, l.hooks)
 	e.done = done
-	e.ch = l.hooks
-	if level != NoLevel {
-		e.Str(LevelFieldName, level.String())
+	if level != NoLevel && LevelFieldName != "" {
+		e.Str(LevelFieldName, LevelFieldMarshalFunc(level))
 	}
-	if l.context != nil && len(l.context) > 0 {
+	if len(l.context) > 1 {
 		e.buf = enc.AppendObjectData(e.buf, l.context)
 	}
 	return e
 }
 
+func (l *Logger) scratchEvent() *Event {
+	return newEvent(LevelWriterAdapter{io.Discard}, DebugLevel, l.stack, l.ctx, l.hooks)
+}
+
+// disabled returns true if the logger is a disabled or nop logger.
+func (l *Logger) disabled() bool {
+	return l.w == nil || l.level == Disabled
+}
+
 // should returns true if the log event should be logged.
 func (l *Logger) should(lvl Level) bool {
+	if l.disabled() {
+		return false
+	}
 	if lvl < l.level || lvl < GlobalLevel() {
 		return false
 	}

log/log.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package log
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 
@@ -37,6 +38,21 @@ func Hook(h zerolog.Hook) zerolog.Logger {
 	return Logger.Hook(h)
 }
 
+// Err starts a new message with error level with err as a field if not nil or
+// with info level if err is nil.
+//
+// You must call Msg on the returned event in order to send the event.
+func Err(err error) *zerolog.Event {
+	return Logger.Err(err)
+}
+
+// Trace starts a new message with trace level.
+//
+// You must call Msg on the returned event in order to send the event.
+func Trace() *zerolog.Event {
+	return Logger.Trace()
+}
+
 // Debug starts a new message with debug level.
 //
 // You must call Msg on the returned event in order to send the event.
@@ -99,13 +115,13 @@ func Log() *zerolog.Event {
 // Print sends a log event using debug level and no extra field.
 // Arguments are handled in the manner of fmt.Print.
 func Print(v ...interface{}) {
-	Logger.Print(v...)
+	Logger.Debug().CallerSkipFrame(1).Msg(fmt.Sprint(v...))
 }
 
 // Printf sends a log event using debug level and no extra field.
 // Arguments are handled in the manner of fmt.Printf.
 func Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
-	Logger.Printf(format, v...)
+	Logger.Debug().CallerSkipFrame(1).Msgf(format, v...)
 }
 
 // Ctx returns the Logger associated with the ctx. If no logger

log/log_example_test.go

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+//go:build !binary_log
 // +build !binary_log
 
 package log_test
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"os"
@@ -54,6 +57,25 @@ func ExampleLog() {
 	// Output: {"time":1199811905,"message":"hello world"}
 }
 
+// Example of a conditional level based on the presence of an error.
+func ExampleErr() {
+	setup()
+	err := errors.New("some error")
+	log.Err(err).Msg("hello world")
+	log.Err(nil).Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"level":"error","error":"some error","time":1199811905,"message":"hello world"}
+	// {"level":"info","time":1199811905,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+// Example of a log at a particular "level" (in this case, "trace")
+func ExampleTrace() {
+	setup()
+	log.Trace().Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"level":"trace","time":1199811905,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
 // Example of a log at a particular "level" (in this case, "debug")
 func ExampleDebug() {
 	setup()
@@ -100,7 +122,13 @@ func ExampleFatal() {
 	// Outputs: {"level":"fatal","time":1199811905,"error":"A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations","service":"myservice","message":"Cannot start myservice"}
 }
 
-// TODO: Panic
+// Example of a log at a particular "level" (in this case, "panic")
+func ExamplePanic() {
+	setup()
+
+	log.Panic().Msg("Cannot start")
+	// Outputs: {"level":"panic","time":1199811905,"message":"Cannot start"} then panics
+}
 
 // This example uses command-line flags to demonstrate various outputs
 // depending on the chosen log level.
@@ -128,16 +156,91 @@ func Example() {
 	// Output: {"level":"info","time":1199811905,"message":"This message appears when log level set to Debug or Info"}
 }
 
-// TODO: Output
+// Example of using the Output function in the log package to change the output destination
+func ExampleOutput() {
+	setup()
 
-// TODO: With
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	tee := log.Output(out)
+	tee.Info().Msg("hello world")
+	written := out.Len()
 
-// TODO: Level
+	log.Info().Int("bytes", written).Msg("wrote")
+	// Output: {"level":"info","bytes":59,"time":1199811905,"message":"wrote"}
+}
 
-// TODO: Sample
+// Example of using the With function to add context fields
+func ExampleWith() {
+	setup()
 
-// TODO: Hook
+	// you have to assign the result of With() to a new Logger and can't inline the level calls
+	// because they need a *Logger receiver
+	augmented := log.With().Str("service", "myservice").Logger()
+	augmented.Info().Msg("hello world")
+	// Output: {"level":"info","service":"myservice","time":1199811905,"message":"hello world"}
+}
 
-// TODO: WithLevel
+// Example of using the Level function to set the log level
+func ExampleLevel() {
+	setup()
 
-// TODO: Ctx
+	// you have to assign the result of Level() to a new Logger and can't inline the level calls
+	// because they need a *Logger receiver
+	leveled := log.Level(zerolog.ErrorLevel)
+	leveled.Info().Msg("hello world")
+	leveled.Error().Msg("I said HELLO")
+	// Output: {"level":"error","time":1199811905,"message":"I said HELLO"}
+}
+
+type valueKeyType int
+
+var valueKey valueKeyType = 42
+
+var captainHook = zerolog.HookFunc(func(e *zerolog.Event, l zerolog.Level, msg string) {
+	e.Interface("key", e.GetCtx().Value(valueKey))
+	e.Bool("is_error", l > zerolog.ErrorLevel)
+	e.Int("msg_len", len(msg))
+})
+
+// Example of using the Logger Hook function to add hooks
+func ExampleLogger_Hook() {
+	setup()
+
+	hooked := log.Hook(captainHook)
+	hooked.Info().Msg("watch out!")
+	// Output: {"level":"info","time":1199811905,"key":null,"is_error":false,"msg_len":10,"message":"watch out!"}
+}
+
+// Example of using the WithLevel function to set the log level
+func ExampleWithLevel() {
+	setup()
+
+	// you have to assign the result of Level() to a new Logger and can't inline the level calls
+	// because they need a *Logger receiver
+	event := log.WithLevel(zerolog.ErrorLevel)
+	event.Msg("taxes are due")
+	// Output: {"level":"error","time":1199811905,"message":"taxes are due"}
+}
+
+// Example of using the Ctx function in the log package to log with context
+func ExampleCtx() {
+	setup()
+
+	hooked := log.Hook(captainHook)
+	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), valueKey, "12345")
+	logger := hooked.With().Ctx(ctx).Logger()
+	log.Ctx(logger.WithContext(ctx)).Info().Msg("hello world")
+	// Output: {"level":"info","time":1199811905,"key":"12345","is_error":false,"msg_len":11,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+// Example of using the Sample function in the log package to set a sampler
+func ExampleSample() {
+	setup()
+
+	sampled := log.Sample(&zerolog.BasicSampler{N: 2})
+	sampled.Info().Msg("hello world")
+	sampled.Info().Msg("I said, hello world")
+	sampled.Info().Msg("Can you here me now world")
+	// Output: {"level":"info","time":1199811905,"message":"hello world"}
+	// {"level":"info","time":1199811905,"message":"Can you here me now world"}
+}

log_example_test.go

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func ExampleLogger_Hook() {
 	var levelNameHook LevelNameHook
 	var messageHook MessageHook = "The message"
 
-	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).Hook(levelNameHook).Hook(messageHook)
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).Hook(levelNameHook, messageHook)
 
 	log.Info().Msg("hello world")
 
@@ -95,6 +95,25 @@ func ExampleLogger_Printf() {
 	// Output: {"level":"debug","message":"hello world"}
 }
 
+func ExampleLogger_Println() {
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
+
+	log.Println("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"level":"debug","message":"hello world\n"}
+}
+
+func ExampleLogger_Trace() {
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
+
+	log.Trace().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Int("n", 123).
+		Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"level":"trace","foo":"bar","n":123,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
 func ExampleLogger_Debug() {
 	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
 
@@ -173,12 +192,13 @@ func ExampleLogger_Log() {
 func ExampleEvent_Dict() {
 	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
 
-	log.Log().
-		Str("foo", "bar").
-		Dict("dict", zerolog.Dict().
-			Str("bar", "baz").
-			Int("n", 1),
-		).
+	e := log.Log().
+		Str("foo", "bar")
+
+	e.Dict("dict", e.CreateDict().
+		Str("bar", "baz").
+		Int("n", 1),
+	).
 		Msg("hello world")
 
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","dict":{"bar":"baz","n":1},"message":"hello world"}
@@ -223,15 +243,20 @@ func (uu Users) MarshalZerologArray(a *zerolog.Array) {
 func ExampleEvent_Array() {
 	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
 
-	log.Log().
-		Str("foo", "bar").
-		Array("array", zerolog.Arr().
-			Str("baz").
-			Int(1),
-		).
+	e := log.Log().
+		Str("foo", "bar")
+
+	e.Array("array", e.CreateArray().
+		Str("baz").
+		Int(1).
+		Dict(e.CreateDict().
+			Str("bar", "baz").
+			Int("n", 1),
+		),
+	).
 		Msg("hello world")
 
-	// Output: {"foo":"bar","array":["baz",1],"message":"hello world"}
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","array":["baz",1,{"bar":"baz","n":1}],"message":"hello world"}
 }
 
 func ExampleEvent_Array_object() {
@@ -265,6 +290,34 @@ func ExampleEvent_Object() {
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","user":{"name":"John","age":35,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"},"message":"hello world"}
 }
 
+func ExampleEvent_Objects() {
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
+
+	// User implements zerolog.LogObjectMarshaler
+	u := User{"John", 35, time.Time{}}
+	u2 := User{"Bono", 54, time.Time{}}
+	users := []User{u, u2}
+
+	log.Log().
+		Objects("users", zerolog.AsLogObjectMarshalers(users)).
+		Msg("hello world")
+	// Output: {"users":[{"name":"John","age":35,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"},{"name":"Bono","age":54,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"}],"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleEvent_ObjectsV() {
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
+
+	// User implements zerolog.LogObjectMarshaler
+	u := User{"John", 35, time.Time{}}
+	u2 := User{"Bono", 54, time.Time{}}
+
+	log.Log().
+		ObjectsV("users", u, u2).
+		Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output:  {"users":[{"name":"John","age":35,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"},{"name":"Bono","age":54,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"}],"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
 func ExampleEvent_EmbedObject() {
 	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
 
@@ -296,7 +349,7 @@ func ExampleEvent_Interface() {
 }
 
 func ExampleEvent_Dur() {
-	d := time.Duration(10 * time.Second)
+	d := 10 * time.Second
 
 	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
 
@@ -310,8 +363,8 @@ func ExampleEvent_Dur() {
 
 func ExampleEvent_Durs() {
 	d := []time.Duration{
-		time.Duration(10 * time.Second),
-		time.Duration(20 * time.Second),
+		10 * time.Second,
+		20 * time.Second,
 	}
 
 	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
@@ -324,28 +377,62 @@ func ExampleEvent_Durs() {
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","durs":[10000,20000],"message":"hello world"}
 }
 
-func ExampleContext_Dict() {
-	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
-		Str("foo", "bar").
-		Dict("dict", zerolog.Dict().
-			Str("bar", "baz").
-			Int("n", 1),
-		).Logger()
+func ExampleEvent_Fields_map() {
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{
+		"bar": "baz",
+		"n":   1,
+	}
 
-	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
+
+	log.Log().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Fields(fields).
+		Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","bar":"baz","n":1,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleEvent_Fields_slice() {
+	fields := []interface{}{
+		"bar", "baz",
+		"n", 1,
+	}
+
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
+
+	log.Log().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Fields(fields).
+		Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","bar":"baz","n":1,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleContext_Dict() {
+	ctx := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar")
+
+	logger := ctx.Dict("dict", ctx.CreateDict().
+		Str("bar", "baz").
+		Int("n", 1),
+	).Logger()
+
+	logger.Log().Msg("hello world")
 
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","dict":{"bar":"baz","n":1},"message":"hello world"}
 }
 
 func ExampleContext_Array() {
-	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
-		Str("foo", "bar").
-		Array("array", zerolog.Arr().
-			Str("baz").
-			Int(1),
-		).Logger()
+	ctx := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar")
 
-	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+	logger := ctx.Array("array", ctx.CreateArray().
+		Str("baz").
+		Int(1),
+	).Logger()
+
+	logger.Log().Msg("hello world")
 
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","array":["baz",1],"message":"hello world"}
 }
@@ -380,9 +467,37 @@ func ExampleContext_Object() {
 
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","user":{"name":"John","age":35,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"},"message":"hello world"}
 }
+func ExampleContext_Objects() {
+	// User implements zerolog.LogObjectMarshaler
+	u := User{"John", 35, time.Time{}}
+	u2 := User{"Bono", 54, time.Time{}}
+
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Objects("users", []zerolog.LogObjectMarshaler{u, u2}).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","users":[{"name":"John","age":35,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"},{"name":"Bono","age":54,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"}],"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleContext_ObjectsV() {
+	// User implements zerolog.LogObjectMarshaler
+	u := User{"John", 35, time.Time{}}
+	u2 := User{"Bono", 54, time.Time{}}
+
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		ObjectsV("users", u, u2). // shows variadic version with distinct element arguments
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","users":[{"name":"John","age":35,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"},{"name":"Bono","age":54,"created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"}],"message":"hello world"}
+}
 
 func ExampleContext_EmbedObject() {
-
 	price := Price{val: 6449, prec: 2, unit: "$"}
 
 	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
@@ -391,7 +506,6 @@ func ExampleContext_EmbedObject() {
 		Logger()
 
 	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
-
 	// Output: {"foo":"bar","price":"$64.49","message":"hello world"}
 }
 
@@ -413,7 +527,7 @@ func ExampleContext_Interface() {
 }
 
 func ExampleContext_Dur() {
-	d := time.Duration(10 * time.Second)
+	d := 10 * time.Second
 
 	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
 		Str("foo", "bar").
@@ -427,8 +541,8 @@ func ExampleContext_Dur() {
 
 func ExampleContext_Durs() {
 	d := []time.Duration{
-		time.Duration(10 * time.Second),
-		time.Duration(20 * time.Second),
+		10 * time.Second,
+		20 * time.Second,
 	}
 
 	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
@@ -452,6 +566,17 @@ func ExampleContext_IPAddr() {
 	// Output: {"HostIP":"192.168.0.100","message":"hello world"}
 }
 
+func ExampleContext_IPAddrs() {
+	hostIP := net.IP{192, 168, 0, 100}
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
+		IPAddrs("HostIP", []net.IP{hostIP}).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"HostIP":["192.168.0.100"],"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
 func ExampleContext_IPPrefix() {
 	route := net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{192, 168, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(24, 32)}
 	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
@@ -463,7 +588,18 @@ func ExampleContext_IPPrefix() {
 	// Output: {"Route":"192.168.0.0/24","message":"hello world"}
 }
 
-func ExampleContext_MacAddr() {
+func ExampleContext_IPPrefixes() {
+	route := net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{192, 168, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(24, 32)}
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
+		IPPrefixes("Route", []net.IPNet{route}).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"Route":["192.168.0.0/24"],"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleContext_MACAddr() {
 	mac := net.HardwareAddr{0x00, 0x14, 0x22, 0x01, 0x23, 0x45}
 	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
 		MACAddr("hostMAC", mac).
@@ -473,3 +609,78 @@ func ExampleContext_MacAddr() {
 
 	// Output: {"hostMAC":"00:14:22:01:23:45","message":"hello world"}
 }
+
+func ExampleContext_Fields_map() {
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{
+		"bar": "baz",
+		"n":   1,
+	}
+
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Fields(fields).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","bar":"baz","n":1,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleContext_Fields_slice() {
+	fields := []interface{}{
+		"bar", "baz",
+		"n", 1,
+	}
+
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Fields(fields).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","bar":"baz","n":1,"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleContext_Times() {
+	t1 := time.Time{}
+	t2 := t1.Add(time.Second * 10)
+	t := []time.Time{t1, t2}
+
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
+		Str("foo", "bar").
+		Times("times", t).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"foo":"bar","times":["0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","0001-01-01T00:00:10Z"],"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleEvent_Stringers() {
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout)
+
+	// net.IP values implement fmt.Stringer and can be used with StringersV
+	a := net.IP{127, 0, 0, 1}
+	b := net.IP{127, 0, 0, 2}
+	ips := []net.IP{a, b}
+
+	log.Log().
+		Stringers("ips", zerolog.AsStringers(ips)).
+		Msg("hello world")
+	// Output: {"ips":["127.0.0.1","127.0.0.2"],"message":"hello world"}
+}
+
+func ExampleContext_StringersV() {
+	// net.IP values implement fmt.Stringer and can be used with StringersV
+	a := net.IPv4bcast
+	b := net.IPv4allrouter
+
+	log := zerolog.New(os.Stdout).With().
+		StringersV("ips", a, b).
+		Logger()
+
+	log.Log().Msg("hello world")
+
+	// Output: {"ips":["255.255.255.255","224.0.0.2"],"message":"hello world"}
+}

not_go112.go

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// +build !go1.12
+
+package zerolog
+
+const contextCallerSkipFrameCount = 3

pkgerrors/stacktrace.go

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package pkgerrors
+
+import (
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+var (
+	StackSourceFileName     = "source"
+	StackSourceLineName     = "line"
+	StackSourceFunctionName = "func"
+)
+
+type state struct {
+	b []byte
+}
+
+// Write implement fmt.Formatter interface.
+func (s *state) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	s.b = b
+	return len(b), nil
+}
+
+// Width implement fmt.Formatter interface.
+func (s *state) Width() (wid int, ok bool) {
+	return 0, false
+}
+
+// Precision implement fmt.Formatter interface.
+func (s *state) Precision() (prec int, ok bool) {
+	return 0, false
+}
+
+// Flag implement fmt.Formatter interface.
+func (s *state) Flag(c int) bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+func frameField(f errors.Frame, s *state, c rune) string {
+	f.Format(s, c)
+	return string(s.b)
+}
+
+// MarshalStack implements pkg/errors stack trace marshaling.
+//
+// zerolog.ErrorStackMarshaler = MarshalStack
+func MarshalStack(err error) interface{} {
+	type stackTracer interface {
+		StackTrace() errors.StackTrace
+	}
+	var sterr stackTracer
+	var ok bool
+	for err != nil {
+		sterr, ok = err.(stackTracer)
+		if ok {
+			break
+		}
+
+		u, ok := err.(interface {
+			Unwrap() error
+		})
+		if !ok {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		err = u.Unwrap()
+	}
+	if sterr == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	st := sterr.StackTrace()
+	s := &state{}
+	out := make([]map[string]string, 0, len(st))
+	for _, frame := range st {
+		out = append(out, map[string]string{
+			StackSourceFileName:     frameField(frame, s, 's'),
+			StackSourceLineName:     frameField(frame, s, 'd'),
+			StackSourceFunctionName: frameField(frame, s, 'n'),
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}

pkgerrors/stacktrace_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// +build !binary_log
+
+package pkgerrors
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+)
+
+func TestLogStack(t *testing.T) {
+	zerolog.ErrorStackMarshaler = MarshalStack
+
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := zerolog.New(out)
+
+	err := fmt.Errorf("from error: %w", errors.New("error message"))
+	log.Log().Stack().Err(err).Msg("")
+
+	got := out.String()
+	want := `\{"stack":\[\{"func":"TestLogStack","line":"21","source":"stacktrace_test.go"\},.*\],"error":"from error: error message"\}\n`
+	if ok, _ := regexp.MatchString(want, got); !ok {
+		t.Errorf("invalid log output:\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLogStackFields(t *testing.T) {
+	zerolog.ErrorStackMarshaler = MarshalStack
+
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := zerolog.New(out)
+
+	err := fmt.Errorf("from error: %w", errors.New("error message"))
+	log.Log().Stack().Fields([]interface{}{"error", err}).Msg("")
+
+	got := out.String()
+	want := `\{"error":"from error: error message","stack":\[\{"func":"TestLogStackFields","line":"37","source":"stacktrace_test.go"\},.*\]\}\n`
+	if ok, _ := regexp.MatchString(want, got); !ok {
+		t.Errorf("invalid log output:\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLogStackFromContext(t *testing.T) {
+	zerolog.ErrorStackMarshaler = MarshalStack
+
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := zerolog.New(out).With().Stack().Logger() // calling Stack() on log context instead of event
+
+	err := fmt.Errorf("from error: %w", errors.New("error message"))
+	log.Log().Err(err).Msg("") // not explicitly calling Stack()
+
+	got := out.String()
+	want := `\{"stack":\[\{"func":"TestLogStackFromContext","line":"53","source":"stacktrace_test.go"\},.*\],"error":"from error: error message"\}\n`
+	if ok, _ := regexp.MatchString(want, got); !ok {
+		t.Errorf("invalid log output:\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLogStackFromContextWith(t *testing.T) {
+	zerolog.ErrorStackMarshaler = MarshalStack
+
+	err := fmt.Errorf("from error: %w", errors.New("error message"))
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := zerolog.New(out).With().Stack().Err(err).Logger() // calling Stack() on log context instead of event
+
+	log.Error().Msg("")
+
+	got := out.String()
+	want := `\{"level":"error","stack":\[\{"func":"TestLogStackFromContextWith","line":"66","source":"stacktrace_test.go"\},.*\],"error":"from error: error message"\}\n`
+	if ok, _ := regexp.MatchString(want, got); !ok {
+		t.Errorf("invalid log output:\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkLogStack(b *testing.B) {
+	zerolog.ErrorStackMarshaler = MarshalStack
+	out := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	log := zerolog.New(out)
+	err := errors.Wrap(errors.New("error message"), "from error")
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		log.Log().Stack().Err(err).Msg("")
+		out.Reset()
+	}
+}

sampler.go

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (s RandomSampler) Sample(lvl Level) bool {
 }
 
 // BasicSampler is a sampler that will send every Nth events, regardless of
-// there level.
+// their level.
 type BasicSampler struct {
 	N       uint32
 	counter uint32
@@ -46,8 +46,15 @@ type BasicSampler struct {
 
 // Sample implements the Sampler interface.
 func (s *BasicSampler) Sample(lvl Level) bool {
+	n := s.N
+	if n == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	if n == 1 {
+		return true
+	}
 	c := atomic.AddUint32(&s.counter, 1)
-	return c%s.N == s.N-1
+	return c%n == 1
 }
 
 // BurstSampler lets Burst events pass per Period then pass the decision to
@@ -80,10 +87,10 @@ func (s *BurstSampler) Sample(lvl Level) bool {
 }
 
 func (s *BurstSampler) inc() uint32 {
-	now := time.Now().UnixNano()
+	now := TimestampFunc().UnixNano()
 	resetAt := atomic.LoadInt64(&s.resetAt)
 	var c uint32
-	if now > resetAt {
+	if now >= resetAt {
 		c = 1
 		atomic.StoreUint32(&s.counter, c)
 		newResetAt := now + s.Period.Nanoseconds()
@@ -100,11 +107,15 @@ func (s *BurstSampler) inc() uint32 {
 
 // LevelSampler applies a different sampler for each level.
 type LevelSampler struct {
-	DebugSampler, InfoSampler, WarnSampler, ErrorSampler Sampler
+	TraceSampler, DebugSampler, InfoSampler, WarnSampler, ErrorSampler Sampler
 }
 
 func (s LevelSampler) Sample(lvl Level) bool {
 	switch lvl {
+	case TraceLevel:
+		if s.TraceSampler != nil {
+			return s.TraceSampler.Sample(lvl)
+		}
 	case DebugLevel:
 		if s.DebugSampler != nil {
 			return s.DebugSampler.Sample(lvl)

sampler_test.go

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//go:build !binary_log
 // +build !binary_log
 
 package zerolog
@@ -28,6 +29,13 @@ var samplers = []struct {
 		},
 		100, 20, 20,
 	},
+	{
+		"BasicSampler_0",
+		func() Sampler {
+			return &BasicSampler{N: 0}
+		},
+		100, 0, 0,
+	},
 	{
 		"RandomSampler",
 		func() Sampler {
@@ -35,6 +43,13 @@ var samplers = []struct {
 		},
 		100, 10, 30,
 	},
+	{
+		"RandomSampler_0",
+		func() Sampler {
+			return RandomSampler(0)
+		},
+		100, 0, 0,
+	},
 	{
 		"BurstSampler",
 		func() Sampler {
@@ -42,6 +57,13 @@ var samplers = []struct {
 		},
 		100, 20, 20,
 	},
+	{
+		"BurstSampler_0",
+		func() Sampler {
+			return &BurstSampler{Burst: 0, Period: time.Second}
+		},
+		100, 0, 0,
+	},
 	{
 		"BurstSamplerNext",
 		func() Sampler {
@@ -82,3 +104,79 @@ func BenchmarkSamplers(b *testing.B) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestBurst(t *testing.T) {
+	sampler := &BurstSampler{Burst: 1, Period: time.Second}
+
+	t0 := time.Now()
+	now := t0
+	mockedTime := func() time.Time {
+		return now
+	}
+
+	TimestampFunc = mockedTime
+	defer func() { TimestampFunc = time.Now }()
+
+	scenario := []struct {
+		tm   time.Time
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{t0, true},
+		{t0.Add(time.Second - time.Nanosecond), false},
+		{t0.Add(time.Second), true},
+		{t0.Add(time.Second + time.Nanosecond), false},
+	}
+
+	for i, step := range scenario {
+		now = step.tm
+		got := sampler.Sample(NoLevel)
+		if got != step.want {
+			t.Errorf("step %d (t=%s): expect %t got %t", i, step.tm, step.want, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLevelSampler(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create mock samplers that return true for specific levels
+	traceSampler := &BasicSampler{N: 1} // Always sample
+	debugSampler := &BasicSampler{N: 0} // Never sample
+	infoSampler := &BasicSampler{N: 1}  // Always sample
+	warnSampler := &BasicSampler{N: 0}  // Never sample
+	errorSampler := &BasicSampler{N: 1} // Always sample
+
+	sampler := LevelSampler{
+		TraceSampler: traceSampler,
+		DebugSampler: debugSampler,
+		InfoSampler:  infoSampler,
+		WarnSampler:  warnSampler,
+		ErrorSampler: errorSampler,
+	}
+
+	// Test each level
+	if !sampler.Sample(TraceLevel) {
+		t.Error("TraceLevel should be sampled")
+	}
+	if sampler.Sample(DebugLevel) {
+		t.Error("DebugLevel should not be sampled")
+	}
+	if !sampler.Sample(InfoLevel) {
+		t.Error("InfoLevel should be sampled")
+	}
+	if sampler.Sample(WarnLevel) {
+		t.Error("WarnLevel should not be sampled")
+	}
+	if !sampler.Sample(ErrorLevel) {
+		t.Error("ErrorLevel should be sampled")
+	}
+
+	// Test levels not covered by the LevelSampler sampler (FatalLevel, PanicLevel, NoLevel) - should return true
+	if !sampler.Sample(FatalLevel) {
+		t.Error("FatalLevel should return true when no sampler is set")
+	}
+	if !sampler.Sample(PanicLevel) {
+		t.Error("PanicLevel should return true when no sampler is set")
+	}
+	if !sampler.Sample(NoLevel) {
+		t.Error("NoLevel should return true when no sampler is set")
+	}
+}

slog.go

@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+package zerolog
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log/slog"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// SlogHandler implements the slog.Handler interface using a zerolog.Logger
+// as the underlying log backend. This allows code that uses the standard
+// library's slog package to route log output through zerolog.
+type SlogHandler struct {
+	logger Logger
+	prefix string // group prefix for nested groups
+	attrs  []slog.Attr
+}
+
+// NewSlogHandler creates a new slog.Handler that writes log records to the
+// given zerolog.Logger. The handler maps slog levels to zerolog levels and
+// converts slog attributes to zerolog fields.
+func NewSlogHandler(logger Logger) *SlogHandler {
+	return &SlogHandler{logger: logger}
+}
+
+// Enabled reports whether the handler handles records at the given level.
+// It mirrors Logger.should's level and writer checks (without sampling).
+func (h *SlogHandler) Enabled(_ context.Context, level slog.Level) bool {
+	if h.logger.w == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	zl := slogToZerologLevel(level)
+	if zl < GlobalLevel() {
+		return false
+	}
+	return zl >= h.logger.level
+}
+
+// Handle handles the Record. It converts the slog.Record into a zerolog event
+// and writes it using the underlying zerolog.Logger.
+func (h *SlogHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, record slog.Record) error {
+	zlevel := slogToZerologLevel(record.Level)
+	event := h.logger.WithLevel(zlevel)
+	if event == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Propagate slog context to the zerolog event so that hooks
+	// relying on Event.GetCtx() (e.g. tracing) can access it.
+	if ctx != nil {
+		event = event.Ctx(ctx)
+	}
+
+	// Add pre-attached attrs from WithAttrs
+	for _, a := range h.attrs {
+		event = appendSlogAttr(event, a, h.prefix)
+	}
+
+	// Add attrs from the record itself
+	record.Attrs(func(a slog.Attr) bool {
+		event = appendSlogAttr(event, a, h.prefix)
+		return true
+	})
+
+	// Add timestamp from the slog record, but only if the logger doesn't
+	// already have a timestampHook (added via .With().Timestamp()) to
+	// avoid duplicate timestamp keys in the output.
+	if !record.Time.IsZero() && !h.hasTimestampHook() {
+		event.Time(TimestampFieldName, record.Time)
+	}
+
+	event.Msg(record.Message)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// hasTimestampHook reports whether the logger has a timestampHook installed,
+// which would cause duplicate timestamp fields if we also emit record.Time.
+func (h *SlogHandler) hasTimestampHook() bool {
+	for _, hook := range h.logger.hooks {
+		if _, ok := hook.(timestampHook); ok {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// WithAttrs returns a new Handler with the given attributes pre-attached.
+// These attributes will be included in every subsequent log record.
+func (h *SlogHandler) WithAttrs(attrs []slog.Attr) slog.Handler {
+	if len(attrs) == 0 {
+		return h
+	}
+	h2 := h.clone()
+	h2.attrs = append(h2.attrs, attrs...)
+	return h2
+}
+
+// WithGroup returns a new Handler with the given group name. All subsequent
+// attributes will be nested under this group name in the output.
+func (h *SlogHandler) WithGroup(name string) slog.Handler {
+	if name == "" {
+		return h
+	}
+	h2 := h.clone()
+	if h2.prefix != "" {
+		h2.prefix = h2.prefix + "." + name
+	} else {
+		h2.prefix = name
+	}
+	return h2
+}
+
+func (h *SlogHandler) clone() *SlogHandler {
+	h2 := &SlogHandler{
+		logger: h.logger,
+		prefix: h.prefix,
+	}
+	if len(h.attrs) > 0 {
+		h2.attrs = make([]slog.Attr, len(h.attrs))
+		copy(h2.attrs, h.attrs)
+	}
+	return h2
+}
+
+// slogToZerologLevel maps slog levels to zerolog levels.
+//
+// slog levels:  Debug=-4, Info=0, Warn=4, Error=8
+// zerolog levels: Trace=-1, Debug=0, Info=1, Warn=2, Error=3, Fatal=4, Panic=5
+func slogToZerologLevel(level slog.Level) Level {
+	switch {
+	case level < slog.LevelDebug:
+		return TraceLevel
+	case level < slog.LevelInfo:
+		return DebugLevel
+	case level < slog.LevelWarn:
+		return InfoLevel
+	case level < slog.LevelError:
+		return WarnLevel
+	default:
+		return ErrorLevel
+	}
+}
+
+// zerologToSlogLevel maps zerolog levels to slog levels.
+func zerologToSlogLevel(level Level) slog.Level {
+	switch level {
+	case TraceLevel:
+		return slog.LevelDebug - 4
+	case DebugLevel:
+		return slog.LevelDebug
+	case InfoLevel:
+		return slog.LevelInfo
+	case WarnLevel:
+		return slog.LevelWarn
+	case ErrorLevel:
+		return slog.LevelError
+	case FatalLevel:
+		return slog.LevelError + 4
+	case PanicLevel:
+		return slog.LevelError + 8
+	default:
+		return slog.LevelInfo
+	}
+}
+
+// joinPrefix concatenates a prefix and key with a dot separator.
+// It avoids allocations when either prefix or key is empty.
+func joinPrefix(prefix, key string) string {
+	if prefix == "" {
+		return key
+	}
+	if key == "" {
+		return prefix
+	}
+	return prefix + "." + key
+}
+
+// appendSlogAttr appends a single slog.Attr to the zerolog event, handling
+// type-specific encoding to avoid reflection where possible.
+func appendSlogAttr(event *Event, attr slog.Attr, prefix string) *Event {
+	if event == nil {
+		return event
+	}
+
+	// Resolve the attribute to handle LogValuer types.
+	// This handles slog.KindLogValuer implicitly by unwrapping
+	// any values that implement slog.LogValuer to their resolved form.
+	attr.Value = attr.Value.Resolve()
+
+	// For group kinds, handle grouping before key concatenation
+	if attr.Value.Kind() == slog.KindGroup {
+		attrs := attr.Value.Group()
+		if len(attrs) == 0 {
+			return event
+		}
+		groupPrefix := joinPrefix(prefix, attr.Key)
+		for _, ga := range attrs {
+			event = appendSlogAttr(event, ga, groupPrefix)
+		}
+		return event
+	}
+
+	// Skip empty keys for non-group attributes
+	if attr.Key == "" {
+		return event
+	}
+
+	key := joinPrefix(prefix, attr.Key)
+	val := attr.Value
+
+	switch val.Kind() {
+	case slog.KindString:
+		event = event.Str(key, val.String())
+	case slog.KindInt64:
+		event = event.Int64(key, val.Int64())
+	case slog.KindUint64:
+		event = event.Uint64(key, val.Uint64())
+	case slog.KindFloat64:
+		event = event.Float64(key, val.Float64())
+	case slog.KindBool:
+		event = event.Bool(key, val.Bool())
+	case slog.KindDuration:
+		event = event.Dur(key, val.Duration())
+	case slog.KindTime:
+		event = event.Time(key, val.Time())
+	case slog.KindAny:
+		v := val.Any()
+		switch cv := v.(type) {
+		case error:
+			event = event.AnErr(key, cv)
+		case time.Duration:
+			event = event.Dur(key, cv)
+		case time.Time:
+			event = event.Time(key, cv)
+		case []byte:
+			event = event.Bytes(key, cv)
+		default:
+			event = event.Interface(key, v)
+		}
+	default:
+		event = event.Interface(key, val.Any())
+	}
+
+	return event
+}
+
+// Verify at compile time that SlogHandler satisfies the slog.Handler interface.
+var _ slog.Handler = (*SlogHandler)(nil)

slog_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,559 @@
+package zerolog_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"log/slog"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/internal/cbor"
+)
+
+func newSlogLogger(buf *bytes.Buffer) *slog.Logger {
+	zl := zerolog.New(buf)
+	return slog.New(zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl))
+}
+
+// decodeOutput converts the buffer contents to a JSON string,
+// handling CBOR-encoded output when built with the binary_log tag.
+func decodeOutput(buf *bytes.Buffer) string {
+	p := buf.Bytes()
+	if len(p) == 0 || p[0] < 0x7F {
+		return buf.String()
+	}
+	return cbor.DecodeObjectToStr(p) + "\n"
+}
+
+func decodeJSON(t *testing.T, buf *bytes.Buffer) map[string]interface{} {
+	t.Helper()
+	var m map[string]interface{}
+	s := decodeOutput(buf)
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to decode JSON %q: %v", s, err)
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_BasicInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Info("hello world")
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["level"] != "info" {
+		t.Errorf("expected level info, got %v", m["level"])
+	}
+	if m["message"] != "hello world" {
+		t.Errorf("expected message 'hello world', got %v", m["message"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_Debug(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf).Level(zerolog.DebugLevel)
+	logger := slog.New(zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl))
+
+	logger.Debug("debug msg")
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["level"] != "debug" {
+		t.Errorf("expected level debug, got %v", m["level"])
+	}
+	if m["message"] != "debug msg" {
+		t.Errorf("expected message 'debug msg', got %v", m["message"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_Warn(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Warn("warn msg")
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["level"] != "warn" {
+		t.Errorf("expected level warn, got %v", m["level"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_Error(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Error("error msg")
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["level"] != "error" {
+		t.Errorf("expected level error, got %v", m["level"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithStringAttr(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Info("test", "key", "value")
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["key"] != "value" {
+		t.Errorf("expected key=value, got %v", m["key"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithIntAttr(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Info("test", slog.Int("count", 42))
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["count"] != float64(42) {
+		t.Errorf("expected count=42, got %v", m["count"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithBoolAttr(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Info("test", slog.Bool("flag", true))
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["flag"] != true {
+		t.Errorf("expected flag=true, got %v", m["flag"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithFloat64Attr(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Info("test", slog.Float64("pi", 3.14))
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["pi"] != 3.14 {
+		t.Errorf("expected pi=3.14, got %v", m["pi"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithTimeAttr(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	ts := time.Date(2024, 1, 15, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	logger.Info("test", slog.Time("created", ts))
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["created"] == nil {
+		t.Error("expected created field to be present")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithDurationAttr(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Info("test", slog.Duration("elapsed", 5*time.Second))
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["elapsed"] == nil {
+		t.Error("expected elapsed field to be present")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithErrorAttr(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Info("test", slog.Any("err", errors.New("something failed")))
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["err"] != "something failed" {
+		t.Errorf("expected err='something failed', got %v", m["err"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithAttrs(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf)
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	child := handler.WithAttrs([]slog.Attr{
+		slog.String("component", "auth"),
+		slog.Int("version", 2),
+	})
+	logger := slog.New(child)
+
+	logger.Info("request handled")
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["component"] != "auth" {
+		t.Errorf("expected component=auth, got %v", m["component"])
+	}
+	if m["version"] != float64(2) {
+		t.Errorf("expected version=2, got %v", m["version"])
+	}
+	if m["message"] != "request handled" {
+		t.Errorf("expected message 'request handled', got %v", m["message"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithAttrsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf)
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	// WithAttrs with empty slice should return same handler
+	child := handler.WithAttrs(nil)
+	if child != handler {
+		t.Error("expected WithAttrs(nil) to return same handler")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithGroup(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf)
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	child := handler.WithGroup("request")
+	logger := slog.New(child)
+
+	logger.Info("handled", "method", "GET", "status", 200)
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["request.method"] != "GET" {
+		t.Errorf("expected request.method=GET, got %v", m["request.method"])
+	}
+	if m["request.status"] != float64(200) {
+		t.Errorf("expected request.status=200, got %v", m["request.status"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithGroupEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf)
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	// WithGroup with empty name should return same handler
+	child := handler.WithGroup("")
+	if child != handler {
+		t.Error("expected WithGroup('') to return same handler")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithNestedGroups(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf)
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	child := handler.WithGroup("http").WithGroup("request")
+	logger := slog.New(child)
+
+	logger.Info("handled", "method", "POST")
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["http.request.method"] != "POST" {
+		t.Errorf("expected http.request.method=POST, got %v", m["http.request.method"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithGroupAndAttrs(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf)
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	child := handler.WithGroup("server").WithAttrs([]slog.Attr{
+		slog.String("host", "localhost"),
+	})
+	logger := slog.New(child)
+
+	logger.Info("started", "port", 8080)
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["server.host"] != "localhost" {
+		t.Errorf("expected server.host=localhost, got %v", m["server.host"])
+	}
+	if m["server.port"] != float64(8080) {
+		t.Errorf("expected server.port=8080, got %v", m["server.port"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_GroupAttrInRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Info("test", slog.Group("user",
+		slog.String("name", "alice"),
+		slog.Int("age", 30),
+	))
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["user.name"] != "alice" {
+		t.Errorf("expected user.name=alice, got %v", m["user.name"])
+	}
+	if m["user.age"] != float64(30) {
+		t.Errorf("expected user.age=30, got %v", m["user.age"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_LevelFiltering(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf).Level(zerolog.WarnLevel)
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	// Debug should be filtered
+	if handler.Enabled(nil, slog.LevelDebug) {
+		t.Error("expected debug to be filtered at warn level")
+	}
+	// Info should be filtered
+	if handler.Enabled(nil, slog.LevelInfo) {
+		t.Error("expected info to be filtered at warn level")
+	}
+	// Warn should pass
+	if !handler.Enabled(nil, slog.LevelWarn) {
+		t.Error("expected warn to be enabled at warn level")
+	}
+	// Error should pass
+	if !handler.Enabled(nil, slog.LevelError) {
+		t.Error("expected error to be enabled at warn level")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_FilteredMessageNotWritten(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf).Level(zerolog.ErrorLevel)
+	logger := slog.New(zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl))
+
+	logger.Info("should not appear")
+
+	if buf.Len() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected no output for filtered message, got %q", buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_MultipleAttrs(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Info("multi",
+		slog.String("a", "1"),
+		slog.Int("b", 2),
+		slog.Bool("c", true),
+		slog.Float64("d", 3.5),
+	)
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["a"] != "1" {
+		t.Errorf("expected a=1, got %v", m["a"])
+	}
+	if m["b"] != float64(2) {
+		t.Errorf("expected b=2, got %v", m["b"])
+	}
+	if m["c"] != true {
+		t.Errorf("expected c=true, got %v", m["c"])
+	}
+	if m["d"] != 3.5 {
+		t.Errorf("expected d=3.5, got %v", m["d"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_LogValuer(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Info("test", "addr", testLogValuer{host: "example.com", port: 443})
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	// LogValuer resolves to a group
+	if m["addr.host"] != "example.com" {
+		t.Errorf("expected addr.host=example.com, got %v", m["addr.host"])
+	}
+	if m["addr.port"] != float64(443) {
+		t.Errorf("expected addr.port=443, got %v", m["addr.port"])
+	}
+}
+
+type testLogValuer struct {
+	host string
+	port int
+}
+
+func (v testLogValuer) LogValue() slog.Value {
+	return slog.GroupValue(
+		slog.String("host", v.host),
+		slog.Int("port", v.port),
+	)
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithAttrsImmutability(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf1, buf2 bytes.Buffer
+	zl1 := zerolog.New(&buf1)
+	zl2 := zerolog.New(&buf2)
+
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl1)
+	child1 := handler.WithAttrs([]slog.Attr{slog.String("from", "child1")})
+	_ = zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl2).WithAttrs([]slog.Attr{slog.String("from", "child2")})
+
+	slog.New(child1).Info("test")
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf1)
+	if m["from"] != "child1" {
+		t.Errorf("expected from=child1, got %v", m["from"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_LevelMapping(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		slogLevel slog.Level
+		wantLevel string
+	}{
+		{slog.LevelDebug - 4, "trace"},
+		{slog.LevelDebug, "debug"},
+		{slog.LevelInfo, "info"},
+		{slog.LevelWarn, "warn"},
+		{slog.LevelError, "error"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		zl := zerolog.New(&buf).Level(zerolog.TraceLevel)
+		logger := slog.New(zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl))
+
+		logger.Log(nil, tt.slogLevel, "test")
+
+		m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+		if m["level"] != tt.wantLevel {
+			t.Errorf("slog level %d: expected zerolog level %q, got %q",
+				tt.slogLevel, tt.wantLevel, m["level"])
+		}
+		buf.Reset()
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_EmptyMessage(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	logger := newSlogLogger(&buf)
+
+	logger.Info("", "key", "val")
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["key"] != "val" {
+		t.Errorf("expected key=val, got %v", m["key"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_WithContext(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf).With().Str("service", "api").Logger()
+	logger := slog.New(zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl))
+
+	logger.Info("request")
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m["service"] != "api" {
+		t.Errorf("expected service=api, got %v", m["service"])
+	}
+	if m["message"] != "request" {
+		t.Errorf("expected message 'request', got %v", m["message"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_EnabledRespectsGlobalLevel(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf).Level(zerolog.DebugLevel)
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	// Logger level is debug, so info should be enabled
+	if !handler.Enabled(nil, slog.LevelInfo) {
+		t.Fatal("expected info to be enabled before setting global level")
+	}
+
+	// Set global level to error
+	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.ErrorLevel)
+	defer zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.TraceLevel)
+
+	// Now info should be disabled even though logger level allows it
+	if handler.Enabled(nil, slog.LevelInfo) {
+		t.Error("expected info to be disabled when GlobalLevel is error")
+	}
+	// Error should still be enabled
+	if !handler.Enabled(nil, slog.LevelError) {
+		t.Error("expected error to be enabled when GlobalLevel is error")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_EnabledNilWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	zl := zerolog.Nop()
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	if handler.Enabled(nil, slog.LevelError) {
+		t.Error("expected disabled for nop logger")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_HandlePropagatesContext(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	type ctxKey struct{}
+	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), ctxKey{}, "test-value")
+
+	var gotCtx context.Context
+	hook := zerolog.HookFunc(func(e *zerolog.Event, level zerolog.Level, msg string) {
+		gotCtx = e.GetCtx()
+	})
+
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf).Hook(hook)
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	record := slog.NewRecord(time.Now(), slog.LevelInfo, "test", 0)
+	_ = handler.Handle(ctx, record)
+
+	if gotCtx == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected context to be propagated to event")
+	}
+	if gotCtx.Value(ctxKey{}) != "test-value" {
+		t.Error("expected context value to be preserved")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_NoDuplicateTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	// Create logger with Timestamp() hook - this adds "time" automatically
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	record := slog.NewRecord(time.Now(), slog.LevelInfo, "test", 0)
+	_ = handler.Handle(context.Background(), record)
+
+	output := decodeOutput(&buf)
+	// Count occurrences of the timestamp field name - should appear exactly once
+	count := 0
+	for i := 0; i < len(output); i++ {
+		if i+4 <= len(output) && output[i:i+4] == "time" {
+			count++
+		}
+	}
+	if count > 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected at most 1 timestamp field, got %d in output: %s", count, output)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlogHandler_TimestampWithoutHook(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	// Logger without Timestamp() hook - Handle should add the timestamp
+	zl := zerolog.New(&buf)
+	handler := zerolog.NewSlogHandler(zl)
+
+	ts := time.Date(2024, 6, 15, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	record := slog.NewRecord(ts, slog.LevelInfo, "test", 0)
+	_ = handler.Handle(context.Background(), record)
+
+	m := decodeJSON(t, &buf)
+	if m[zerolog.TimestampFieldName] == nil {
+		t.Error("expected timestamp field when logger has no timestamp hook")
+	}
+}

syslog.go

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"io"
 )
 
+// See http://cee.mitre.org/language/1.0-beta1/clt.html#syslog
+// or https://www.rsyslog.com/json-elasticsearch/
+const ceePrefix = "@cee:"
+
 // SyslogWriter is an interface matching a syslog.Writer struct.
 type SyslogWriter interface {
 	io.Writer
@@ -19,39 +23,67 @@ type SyslogWriter interface {
 }
 
 type syslogWriter struct {
-	w SyslogWriter
+	w      SyslogWriter
+	prefix string
 }
 
 // SyslogLevelWriter wraps a SyslogWriter and call the right syslog level
 // method matching the zerolog level.
 func SyslogLevelWriter(w SyslogWriter) LevelWriter {
-	return syslogWriter{w}
+	return syslogWriter{w, ""}
+}
+
+// SyslogCEEWriter wraps a SyslogWriter with a SyslogLevelWriter that adds a
+// MITRE CEE prefix for JSON syslog entries, compatible with rsyslog 
+// and syslog-ng JSON logging support. 
+// See https://www.rsyslog.com/json-elasticsearch/
+func SyslogCEEWriter(w SyslogWriter) LevelWriter {
+	return syslogWriter{w, ceePrefix}
 }
 
 func (sw syslogWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	return sw.w.Write(p)
+	var pn int
+	if sw.prefix != "" {
+		pn, err = sw.w.Write([]byte(sw.prefix))
+		if err != nil {
+			return pn, err
+		}
+	}
+	n, err = sw.w.Write(p)
+	return pn + n, err
 }
 
 // WriteLevel implements LevelWriter interface.
 func (sw syslogWriter) WriteLevel(level Level, p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	switch level {
+	case TraceLevel:
 	case DebugLevel:
-		err = sw.w.Debug(string(p))
+		err = sw.w.Debug(sw.prefix + string(p))
 	case InfoLevel:
-		err = sw.w.Info(string(p))
+		err = sw.w.Info(sw.prefix + string(p))
 	case WarnLevel:
-		err = sw.w.Warning(string(p))
+		err = sw.w.Warning(sw.prefix + string(p))
 	case ErrorLevel:
-		err = sw.w.Err(string(p))
+		err = sw.w.Err(sw.prefix + string(p))
 	case FatalLevel:
-		err = sw.w.Emerg(string(p))
+		err = sw.w.Emerg(sw.prefix + string(p))
 	case PanicLevel:
-		err = sw.w.Crit(string(p))
+		err = sw.w.Crit(sw.prefix + string(p))
 	case NoLevel:
-		err = sw.w.Info(string(p))
+		err = sw.w.Info(sw.prefix + string(p))
 	default:
 		panic("invalid level")
 	}
+	// Any CEE prefix is not part of the message, so we don't include its length
 	n = len(p)
 	return
 }
+
+// Call the underlying writer's Close method if it is an io.Closer. Otherwise
+// does nothing.
+func (sw syslogWriter) Close() error {
+	if c, ok := sw.w.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return c.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}

syslog_test.go

@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
 
 package zerolog
 
-import "testing"
-import "reflect"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 type syslogEvent struct {
 	level string
@@ -15,7 +20,11 @@ type syslogTestWriter struct {
 }
 
 func (w *syslogTestWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
-	return 0, nil
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+func (w *syslogTestWriter) Trace(m string) error {
+	w.events = append(w.events, syslogEvent{"Trace", m})
+	return nil
 }
 func (w *syslogTestWriter) Debug(m string) error {
 	w.events = append(w.events, syslogEvent{"Debug", m})
@@ -45,6 +54,7 @@ func (w *syslogTestWriter) Crit(m string) error {
 func TestSyslogWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	sw := &syslogTestWriter{}
 	log := New(SyslogLevelWriter(sw))
+	log.Trace().Msg("trace")
 	log.Debug().Msg("debug")
 	log.Info().Msg("info")
 	log.Warn().Msg("warn")
@@ -61,3 +71,166 @@ func TestSyslogWriter(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Invalid syslog message routing: want %v, got %v", want, got)
 	}
 }
+
+type testCEEwriter struct {
+	buf *bytes.Buffer
+}
+
+// Only implement one method as we're just testing the prefixing
+func (c testCEEwriter) Debug(m string) error { return nil }
+
+func (c testCEEwriter) Info(m string) error {
+	_, err := c.buf.Write([]byte(m))
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c testCEEwriter) Warning(m string) error { return nil }
+
+func (c testCEEwriter) Err(m string) error { return nil }
+
+func (c testCEEwriter) Emerg(m string) error { return nil }
+
+func (c testCEEwriter) Crit(m string) error { return nil }
+
+func (c testCEEwriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	return c.buf.Write(b)
+}
+
+func TestSyslogWriter_WithCEE(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	sw := testCEEwriter{&buf}
+	log := New(SyslogCEEWriter(sw))
+	log.Info().Str("key", "value").Msg("message string")
+	got := buf.String()
+	want := "@cee:{"
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("Bad CEE message start: want %v, got %v", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+type errorSyslogWriter struct {
+	*syslogTestWriter
+	writeError error
+}
+
+func (w *errorSyslogWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if w.writeError != nil {
+		return 0, w.writeError
+	}
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func TestSyslogWriter_Write(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test Write method without prefix
+	sw := &syslogTestWriter{}
+	writer := SyslogLevelWriter(sw)
+
+	data := []byte("test message")
+	n, err := writer.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Write failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if n != len(data) {
+		t.Errorf("Write returned wrong length: got %d, want %d", n, len(data))
+	}
+
+	// Test Write method with CEE prefix
+	sw2 := &syslogTestWriter{}
+	writer2 := SyslogCEEWriter(sw2)
+
+	data2 := []byte("test message")
+	n2, err2 := writer2.Write(data2)
+	if err2 != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Write with CEE failed: %v", err2)
+	}
+	expectedLen := len(ceePrefix) + len(data2)
+	if n2 != expectedLen {
+		t.Errorf("Write with CEE returned wrong length: got %d, want %d", n2, expectedLen)
+	}
+
+	// Test Write method with CEE prefix and error on prefix write
+	sw3 := &errorSyslogWriter{syslogTestWriter: &syslogTestWriter{}, writeError: io.EOF}
+	writer3 := SyslogCEEWriter(sw3)
+
+	_, err3 := writer3.Write(data2)
+	if err3 != io.EOF {
+		t.Errorf("Write with CEE error failed: got %v, want %v", err3, io.EOF)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSyslogWriter_WriteLevel_AllLevels(t *testing.T) {
+	sw := &syslogTestWriter{}
+	writer := SyslogLevelWriter(sw)
+
+	// Test all levels to ensure full coverage
+	writer.WriteLevel(TraceLevel, []byte(`{"level":"trace","message":"trace"}`+"\n"))
+	writer.WriteLevel(DebugLevel, []byte(`{"level":"debug","message":"debug"}`+"\n"))
+	writer.WriteLevel(InfoLevel, []byte(`{"level":"info","message":"info"}`+"\n"))
+	writer.WriteLevel(WarnLevel, []byte(`{"level":"warn","message":"warn"}`+"\n"))
+	writer.WriteLevel(ErrorLevel, []byte(`{"level":"error","message":"error"}`+"\n"))
+	writer.WriteLevel(FatalLevel, []byte(`{"level":"fatal","message":"fatal"}`+"\n"))
+	writer.WriteLevel(PanicLevel, []byte(`{"level":"panic","message":"panic"}`+"\n"))
+	writer.WriteLevel(NoLevel, []byte(`{"message":"nolevel"}`+"\n"))
+
+	want := []syslogEvent{
+		{"Debug", `{"level":"debug","message":"debug"}` + "\n"},
+		{"Info", `{"level":"info","message":"info"}` + "\n"},
+		{"Warning", `{"level":"warn","message":"warn"}` + "\n"},
+		{"Err", `{"level":"error","message":"error"}` + "\n"},
+		{"Emerg", `{"level":"fatal","message":"fatal"}` + "\n"},
+		{"Crit", `{"level":"panic","message":"panic"}` + "\n"},
+		{"Info", `{"message":"nolevel"}` + "\n"},
+	}
+	if got := sw.events; !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid syslog message routing: want %v, got %v", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+type closableSyslogWriter struct {
+	*syslogTestWriter
+	closed bool
+}
+
+func (w *closableSyslogWriter) Close() error {
+	w.closed = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestSyslogWriter_Close(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test with closable writer
+	sw := &closableSyslogWriter{syslogTestWriter: &syslogTestWriter{}}
+	writer := SyslogLevelWriter(sw).(syslogWriter) // Cast to concrete type to access Close
+
+	err := writer.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Close failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !sw.closed {
+		t.Error("Close was not called on underlying writer")
+	}
+
+	// Test with non-closable writer
+	sw2 := &syslogTestWriter{}
+	writer2 := SyslogLevelWriter(sw2).(syslogWriter) // Cast to concrete type to access Close
+
+	err = writer2.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Close failed for non-closable writer: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSyslogWriter_WriteLevel_InvalidLevel(t *testing.T) {
+	sw := &syslogTestWriter{}
+	writer := SyslogLevelWriter(sw)
+
+	// Test invalid level - should panic
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r == nil {
+			t.Error("Expected panic for invalid level")
+		} else if r != "invalid level" {
+			t.Errorf("Expected panic 'invalid level', got %v", r)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	writer.WriteLevel(Level(100), []byte("test"))
+}

writer.go

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 package zerolog
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"io"
+	"path"
+	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 )
 
@@ -12,30 +17,39 @@ type LevelWriter interface {
 	WriteLevel(level Level, p []byte) (n int, err error)
 }
 
-type levelWriterAdapter struct {
+// LevelWriterAdapter adapts an io.Writer to support the LevelWriter interface.
+type LevelWriterAdapter struct {
 	io.Writer
 }
 
-func (lw levelWriterAdapter) WriteLevel(l Level, p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+// WriteLevel simply writes everything to the adapted writer, ignoring the level.
+func (lw LevelWriterAdapter) WriteLevel(l Level, p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return lw.Write(p)
 }
 
+// Call the underlying writer's Close method if it is an io.Closer. Otherwise
+// does nothing.
+func (lw LevelWriterAdapter) Close() error {
+	if closer, ok := lw.Writer.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return closer.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type syncWriter struct {
 	mu sync.Mutex
 	lw LevelWriter
 }
 
 // SyncWriter wraps w so that each call to Write is synchronized with a mutex.
-// This syncer can be the call to writer's Write method is not thread safe.
-// Note that os.File Write operation is using write() syscall which is supposed
-// to be thread-safe on POSIX systems. So there is no need to use this with
-// os.File on such systems as zerolog guaranties to issue a single Write call
-// per log event.
+// This syncer can be used to wrap the call to writer's Write method if it is
+// not thread safe. Note that you do not need this wrapper for os.File Write
+// operations on POSIX and Windows systems as they are already thread-safe.
 func SyncWriter(w io.Writer) io.Writer {
 	if lw, ok := w.(LevelWriter); ok {
 		return &syncWriter{lw: lw}
 	}
-	return &syncWriter{lw: levelWriterAdapter{w}}
+	return &syncWriter{lw: LevelWriterAdapter{w}}
 }
 
 // Write implements the io.Writer interface.
@@ -52,36 +66,59 @@ func (s *syncWriter) WriteLevel(l Level, p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return s.lw.WriteLevel(l, p)
 }
 
+func (s *syncWriter) Close() error {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	if closer, ok := s.lw.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return closer.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type multiLevelWriter struct {
 	writers []LevelWriter
 }
 
 func (t multiLevelWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	for _, w := range t.writers {
-		n, err = w.Write(p)
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		if n != len(p) {
-			err = io.ErrShortWrite
-			return
+		if _n, _err := w.Write(p); err == nil {
+			n = _n
+			if _err != nil {
+				err = _err
+			} else if _n != len(p) {
+				err = io.ErrShortWrite
+			}
 		}
 	}
-	return len(p), nil
+	return n, err
 }
 
 func (t multiLevelWriter) WriteLevel(l Level, p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	for _, w := range t.writers {
-		n, err = w.WriteLevel(l, p)
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
-		if n != len(p) {
-			err = io.ErrShortWrite
-			return
+		if _n, _err := w.WriteLevel(l, p); err == nil {
+			n = _n
+			if _err != nil {
+				err = _err
+			} else if _n != len(p) {
+				err = io.ErrShortWrite
+			}
 		}
 	}
-	return len(p), nil
+	return n, err
+}
+
+// Calls close on all the underlying writers that are io.Closers. If any of the
+// Close methods return an error, the remainder of the closers are not closed
+// and the error is returned.
+func (t multiLevelWriter) Close() error {
+	for _, w := range t.writers {
+		if closer, ok := w.(io.Closer); ok {
+			if err := closer.Close(); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // MultiLevelWriter creates a writer that duplicates its writes to all the
@@ -93,8 +130,226 @@ func MultiLevelWriter(writers ...io.Writer) LevelWriter {
 		if lw, ok := w.(LevelWriter); ok {
 			lwriters = append(lwriters, lw)
 		} else {
-			lwriters = append(lwriters, levelWriterAdapter{w})
+			lwriters = append(lwriters, LevelWriterAdapter{w})
 		}
 	}
 	return multiLevelWriter{lwriters}
 }
+
+// TestingLog is the logging interface of testing.TB.
+type TestingLog interface {
+	Log(args ...interface{})
+	Logf(format string, args ...interface{})
+	Helper()
+}
+
+// TestWriter is a writer that writes to testing.TB.
+type TestWriter struct {
+	T TestingLog
+
+	// Frame skips caller frames to capture the original file and line numbers.
+	Frame int
+}
+
+// NewTestWriter creates a writer that logs to the testing.TB.
+func NewTestWriter(t TestingLog) TestWriter {
+	return TestWriter{T: t}
+}
+
+// Write to testing.TB.
+func (t TestWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	t.T.Helper()
+
+	n = len(p)
+
+	// Strip trailing newline because t.Log always adds one.
+	p = bytes.TrimRight(p, "\n")
+
+	// Try to correct the log file and line number to the caller.
+	if t.Frame > 0 {
+		_, origFile, origLine, _ := runtime.Caller(1)
+		_, frameFile, frameLine, ok := runtime.Caller(1 + t.Frame)
+		if ok {
+			erase := strings.Repeat("\b", len(path.Base(origFile))+len(strconv.Itoa(origLine))+3)
+			t.T.Logf("%s%s:%d: %s", erase, path.Base(frameFile), frameLine, p)
+			return n, err
+		}
+	}
+	t.T.Log(string(p))
+
+	return n, err
+}
+
+// ConsoleTestWriter creates an option that correctly sets the file frame depth for testing.TB log.
+func ConsoleTestWriter(t TestingLog) func(w *ConsoleWriter) {
+	return func(w *ConsoleWriter) {
+		w.Out = TestWriter{T: t, Frame: 6}
+	}
+}
+
+// FilteredLevelWriter writes only logs at Level or above to Writer.
+//
+// It should be used only in combination with MultiLevelWriter when you
+// want to write to multiple destinations at different levels. Otherwise
+// you should just set the level on the logger and filter events early.
+// When using MultiLevelWriter then you set the level on the logger to
+// the lowest of the levels you use for writers.
+type FilteredLevelWriter struct {
+	Writer LevelWriter
+	Level  Level
+}
+
+// Write writes to the underlying Writer.
+func (w *FilteredLevelWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	return w.Writer.Write(p)
+}
+
+// WriteLevel calls WriteLevel of the underlying Writer only if the level is equal
+// or above the Level.
+func (w *FilteredLevelWriter) WriteLevel(level Level, p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if level >= w.Level {
+		return w.Writer.WriteLevel(level, p)
+	}
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+// Call the underlying writer's Close method if it is an io.Closer. Otherwise
+// does nothing.
+func (w *FilteredLevelWriter) Close() error {
+	if closer, ok := w.Writer.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return closer.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+var triggerWriterPool = &sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		return bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, 1024))
+	},
+}
+
+// TriggerLevelWriter buffers log lines at the ConditionalLevel or below
+// until a trigger level (or higher) line is emitted. Log lines with level
+// higher than ConditionalLevel are always written out to the destination
+// writer. If trigger never happens, buffered log lines are never written out.
+//
+// It can be used to configure "log level per request".
+type TriggerLevelWriter struct {
+	// Destination writer. If LevelWriter is provided (usually), its WriteLevel is used
+	// instead of Write.
+	io.Writer
+
+	// ConditionalLevel is the level (and below) at which lines are buffered until
+	// a trigger level (or higher) line is emitted. Usually this is set to DebugLevel.
+	ConditionalLevel Level
+
+	// TriggerLevel is the lowest level that triggers the sending of the conditional
+	// level lines. Usually this is set to ErrorLevel.
+	TriggerLevel Level
+
+	buf       *bytes.Buffer
+	triggered bool
+	mu        sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (w *TriggerLevelWriter) WriteLevel(l Level, p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+
+	// At first trigger level or above log line, we flush the buffer and change the
+	// trigger state to triggered.
+	if !w.triggered && l >= w.TriggerLevel {
+		err := w.trigger()
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Unless triggered, we buffer everything at and below ConditionalLevel.
+	if !w.triggered && l <= w.ConditionalLevel {
+		if w.buf == nil {
+			w.buf = triggerWriterPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+		}
+
+		// We prefix each log line with a byte with the level.
+		// Hopefully we will never have a level value which equals a newline
+		// (which could interfere with reconstruction of log lines in the trigger method).
+		w.buf.WriteByte(byte(l))
+		w.buf.Write(p)
+		return len(p), nil
+	}
+
+	// Anything above ConditionalLevel is always passed through.
+	// Once triggered, everything is passed through.
+	if lw, ok := w.Writer.(LevelWriter); ok {
+		return lw.WriteLevel(l, p)
+	}
+	return w.Write(p)
+}
+
+// trigger expects lock to be held.
+func (w *TriggerLevelWriter) trigger() error {
+	if w.triggered {
+		return nil
+	}
+	w.triggered = true
+
+	if w.buf == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	p := w.buf.Bytes()
+	for len(p) > 0 {
+		// We do not use bufio.Scanner here because we already have full buffer
+		// in the memory and we do not want extra copying from the buffer to
+		// scanner's token slice, nor we want to hit scanner's token size limit,
+		// and we also want to preserve newlines.
+		i := bytes.IndexByte(p, '\n')
+		line := p[0 : i+1]
+		p = p[i+1:]
+		// We prefixed each log line with a byte with the level.
+		level := Level(line[0])
+		line = line[1:]
+		var err error
+		if lw, ok := w.Writer.(LevelWriter); ok {
+			_, err = lw.WriteLevel(level, line)
+		} else {
+			_, err = w.Write(line)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Trigger forces flushing the buffer and change the trigger state to
+// triggered, if the writer has not already been triggered before.
+func (w *TriggerLevelWriter) Trigger() error {
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return w.trigger()
+}
+
+// Close closes the writer and returns the buffer to the pool.
+func (w *TriggerLevelWriter) Close() error {
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if w.buf == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// We return the buffer only if it has not grown above the limit.
+	// This prevents accumulation of large buffers in the pool just
+	// because occasionally a large buffer might be needed.
+	if w.buf.Cap() <= TriggerLevelWriterBufferReuseLimit {
+		w.buf.Reset()
+		triggerWriterPool.Put(w.buf)
+	}
+	w.buf = nil
+
+	return nil
+}

writer_test.go

@@ -1,13 +1,47 @@
-// +build !binary_log
-// +build !windows
+//go:build !binary_log && !windows
+// +build !binary_log,!windows
 
 package zerolog
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+type closableBuffer struct {
+	*bytes.Buffer
+	closed     bool
+	closeError error
+}
+
+func (cb *closableBuffer) Close() error {
+	cb.closed = true
+	return cb.closeError
+}
+
+type errorWriter struct {
+	writeError error
+	shortWrite bool
+}
+
+func (ew *errorWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if ew.writeError != nil {
+		return 0, ew.writeError
+	}
+	if ew.shortWrite {
+		return len(p) - 1, nil // Return short write
+	}
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func (ew *errorWriter) WriteLevel(level Level, p []byte) (int, error) {
+	return ew.Write(p)
+}
+
 func TestMultiSyslogWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	sw := &syslogTestWriter{}
 	log := New(MultiLevelWriter(SyslogLevelWriter(sw)))
@@ -27,3 +61,490 @@ func TestMultiSyslogWriter(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Invalid syslog message routing: want %v, got %v", want, got)
 	}
 }
+
+var writeCalls int
+
+type mockedWriter struct {
+	wantErr bool
+}
+
+func (c mockedWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	writeCalls++
+
+	if c.wantErr {
+		return -1, errors.New("Expected error")
+	}
+
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+// Tests that a new writer is only used if it actually works.
+func TestResilientMultiWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		writers []io.Writer
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "All valid writers",
+			writers: []io.Writer{
+				mockedWriter{
+					wantErr: false,
+				},
+				mockedWriter{
+					wantErr: false,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "All invalid writers",
+			writers: []io.Writer{
+				mockedWriter{
+					wantErr: true,
+				},
+				mockedWriter{
+					wantErr: true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "First invalid writer",
+			writers: []io.Writer{
+				mockedWriter{
+					wantErr: true,
+				},
+				mockedWriter{
+					wantErr: false,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "First valid writer",
+			writers: []io.Writer{
+				mockedWriter{
+					wantErr: false,
+				},
+				mockedWriter{
+					wantErr: true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		writers := tt.writers
+		multiWriter := MultiLevelWriter(writers...)
+
+		logger := New(multiWriter).With().Timestamp().Logger().Level(InfoLevel)
+		logger.Info().Msg("Test msg")
+
+		if len(writers) != writeCalls {
+			t.Errorf("Expected %d writers to have been called but only %d were.", len(writers), writeCalls)
+		}
+		writeCalls = 0
+	}
+}
+
+type testingLog struct {
+	testing.TB
+	buf bytes.Buffer
+}
+
+func (t *testingLog) Log(args ...interface{}) {
+	if _, err := t.buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprint(args...)); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *testingLog) Logf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	if _, err := t.buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTestWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		write []byte
+		want  []byte
+	}{{
+		name:  "newline",
+		write: []byte("newline\n"),
+		want:  []byte("newline"),
+	}, {
+		name:  "oneline",
+		write: []byte("oneline"),
+		want:  []byte("oneline"),
+	}, {
+		name:  "twoline",
+		write: []byte("twoline\n\n"),
+		want:  []byte("twoline"),
+	}}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tb := &testingLog{TB: t} // Capture TB log buffer.
+			w := TestWriter{T: tb}
+
+			n, err := w.Write(tt.write)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+			if n != len(tt.write) {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %d write length but got %d", len(tt.write), n)
+			}
+			p := tb.buf.Bytes()
+			if !bytes.Equal(tt.want, p) {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %q, got %q.", tt.want, p)
+			}
+
+			log := New(NewConsoleWriter(ConsoleTestWriter(t)))
+			log.Info().Str("name", tt.name).Msg("Success!")
+
+			tb.buf.Reset()
+		})
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestFilteredLevelWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+	writer := FilteredLevelWriter{
+		Writer: LevelWriterAdapter{&buf},
+		Level:  InfoLevel,
+	}
+	_, err := writer.WriteLevel(DebugLevel, []byte("no"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	_, err = writer.WriteLevel(InfoLevel, []byte("yes"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	p := buf.Bytes()
+	if want := "yes"; !bytes.Equal([]byte(want), p) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %q, got %q.", want, p)
+	}
+}
+
+type testWrite struct {
+	Level
+	Line []byte
+}
+
+func TestTriggerLevelWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		write []testWrite
+		want  []byte
+		all   []byte
+	}{{
+		[]testWrite{
+			{DebugLevel, []byte("no\n")},
+			{InfoLevel, []byte("yes\n")},
+		},
+		[]byte("yes\n"),
+		[]byte("yes\nno\n"),
+	}, {
+		[]testWrite{
+			{DebugLevel, []byte("yes1\n")},
+			{InfoLevel, []byte("yes2\n")},
+			{ErrorLevel, []byte("yes3\n")},
+			{DebugLevel, []byte("yes4\n")},
+		},
+		[]byte("yes2\nyes1\nyes3\nyes4\n"),
+		[]byte("yes2\nyes1\nyes3\nyes4\n"),
+	}}
+
+	for k, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("case=%d", k), func(t *testing.T) {
+			buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+			writer := TriggerLevelWriter{Writer: LevelWriterAdapter{&buf}, ConditionalLevel: DebugLevel, TriggerLevel: ErrorLevel}
+			t.Cleanup(func() { writer.Close() })
+			for _, w := range tt.write {
+				_, err := writer.WriteLevel(w.Level, w.Line)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Error(err)
+				}
+			}
+			p := buf.Bytes()
+			if want := tt.want; !bytes.Equal([]byte(want), p) {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %q, got %q.", want, p)
+			}
+			err := writer.Trigger()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+			p = buf.Bytes()
+			if want := tt.all; !bytes.Equal([]byte(want), p) {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %q, got %q.", want, p)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLevelWriterAdapter_Close(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test with closable writer
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	adapter := LevelWriterAdapter{Writer: buf}
+
+	// bytes.Buffer doesn't implement io.Closer, so Close should return nil
+	err := adapter.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Close should not return error for non-closable writer: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Test with closable writer
+	closableBuf := &closableBuffer{Buffer: &bytes.Buffer{}}
+	adapter2 := LevelWriterAdapter{Writer: closableBuf}
+
+	err = adapter2.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Close should not return error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !closableBuf.closed {
+		t.Error("Close should have been called on closable writer")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSyncWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	// Test SyncWriter with regular io.Writer
+	syncWriter := SyncWriter(buf)
+
+	// Test Write
+	data := []byte("test data")
+	n, err := syncWriter.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Write failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if n != len(data) {
+		t.Errorf("Write returned wrong length: got %d, want %d", n, len(data))
+	}
+	if got := buf.String(); got != string(data) {
+		t.Errorf("Write wrote wrong data: got %q, want %q", got, string(data))
+	}
+
+	// Test SyncWriter with LevelWriter - use it with a logger
+	levelBuf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	levelWriter := LevelWriterAdapter{levelBuf}
+	syncLevelWriter := SyncWriter(levelWriter)
+
+	logger := New(syncLevelWriter)
+	logger.Info().Msg("test message")
+
+	expected := `{"level":"info","message":"test message"}` + "\n"
+	if got := levelBuf.String(); got != expected {
+		t.Errorf("SyncWriter with LevelWriter failed: got %q, want %q", got, expected)
+	}
+
+	// Test SyncWriter Close with closable writer
+	closableBuf := &closableBuffer{Buffer: &bytes.Buffer{}, closed: false}
+	closableSyncWriter := SyncWriter(closableBuf)
+
+	if closeable, ok := closableSyncWriter.(io.Closer); !ok {
+		t.Error("SyncWriter should implement Close method")
+	} else {
+		err := closeable.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Close failed: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if !closableBuf.closed {
+		t.Error("Close should have been called on closable writer")
+	}
+
+	// Test SyncWriter Close with closable writer that returns error
+	errorBuf := &closableBuffer{Buffer: &bytes.Buffer{}, closed: false, closeError: io.EOF}
+	errorSyncWriter := SyncWriter(errorBuf)
+
+	if closeable, ok := errorSyncWriter.(io.Closer); !ok {
+		t.Error("SyncWriter should implement Close method")
+	} else {
+		err := closeable.Close()
+		if err != io.EOF {
+			t.Errorf("Close should have returned EOF error, got: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if !errorBuf.closed {
+		t.Error("Close should have been called on closable writer")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMultiLevelWriter_Write(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test successful writes
+	buf1 := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	buf2 := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	multiWriter := MultiLevelWriter(buf1, buf2)
+
+	data := []byte("test data")
+	n, err := multiWriter.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Write failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if n != len(data) {
+		t.Errorf("Write returned wrong length: got %d, want %d", n, len(data))
+	}
+
+	if got1 := buf1.String(); got1 != string(data) {
+		t.Errorf("First writer got wrong data: got %q, want %q", got1, string(data))
+	}
+	if got2 := buf2.String(); got2 != string(data) {
+		t.Errorf("Second writer got wrong data: got %q, want %q", got2, string(data))
+	}
+
+	// Test with error writer
+	errorWriter1 := &errorWriter{writeError: io.EOF}
+	buf3 := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	errorMultiWriter := MultiLevelWriter(errorWriter1, buf3)
+
+	_, err = errorMultiWriter.Write(data)
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		t.Errorf("Write should have returned EOF error, got: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Test with short write
+	shortWriter := &errorWriter{shortWrite: true}
+	buf4 := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	shortMultiWriter := MultiLevelWriter(shortWriter, buf4)
+
+	_, err = shortMultiWriter.Write(data)
+	if err != io.ErrShortWrite {
+		t.Errorf("Write should have returned ErrShortWrite, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMultiLevelWriter_WriteLevel(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test successful writes
+	buf1 := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	buf2 := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	multiWriter := MultiLevelWriter(buf1, buf2)
+
+	data := []byte("test level data")
+	n, err := multiWriter.WriteLevel(InfoLevel, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("WriteLevel failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if n != len(data) {
+		t.Errorf("WriteLevel returned wrong length: got %d, want %d", n, len(data))
+	}
+
+	if got1 := buf1.String(); got1 != string(data) {
+		t.Errorf("First writer got wrong data: got %q, want %q", got1, string(data))
+	}
+	if got2 := buf2.String(); got2 != string(data) {
+		t.Errorf("Second writer got wrong data: got %q, want %q", got2, string(data))
+	}
+
+	// Test with error writer
+	errorWriter1 := &errorWriter{writeError: io.EOF}
+	buf3 := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	errorMultiWriter := MultiLevelWriter(errorWriter1, buf3)
+
+	_, err = errorMultiWriter.WriteLevel(InfoLevel, data)
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		t.Errorf("WriteLevel should have returned EOF error, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMultiLevelWriter_Close(t *testing.T) {
+	buf1 := &closableBuffer{Buffer: &bytes.Buffer{}, closed: false}
+	buf2 := &bytes.Buffer{} // non-closable
+
+	multiWriter := MultiLevelWriter(buf1, buf2)
+
+	// Cast to concrete type to access Close
+	mw := multiWriter.(multiLevelWriter)
+
+	err := mw.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Close failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !buf1.closed {
+		t.Error("First closable writer should have been closed")
+	}
+
+	// Test multiLevelWriter Close with error
+	errorBuf1 := &closableBuffer{Buffer: &bytes.Buffer{}, closed: false, closeError: io.EOF}
+	errorBuf2 := &bytes.Buffer{} // non-closable
+
+	errorMultiWriter := MultiLevelWriter(errorBuf1, errorBuf2)
+	emw := errorMultiWriter.(multiLevelWriter)
+
+	err = emw.Close()
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		t.Errorf("Close should have returned EOF error, got: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !errorBuf1.closed {
+		t.Error("First closable writer should have been closed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewTestWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	writer := NewTestWriter(t)
+
+	if writer.T != t {
+		t.Error("NewTestWriter should set the testing interface")
+	}
+	if writer.Frame != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("NewTestWriter should set Frame to 0, got %d", writer.Frame)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFilteredLevelWriter_Write(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	filteredWriter := FilteredLevelWriter{
+		Writer: LevelWriterAdapter{buf},
+		Level:  InfoLevel,
+	}
+
+	data := []byte("test data")
+	n, err := filteredWriter.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Write failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if n != len(data) {
+		t.Errorf("Write returned wrong length: got %d, want %d", n, len(data))
+	}
+
+	if got := buf.String(); got != string(data) {
+		t.Errorf("Write should always write: got %q, want %q", got, string(data))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFilteredLevelWriter_Close(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := &closableBuffer{Buffer: &bytes.Buffer{}, closed: false}
+	filteredWriter := FilteredLevelWriter{
+		Writer: LevelWriterAdapter{buf},
+		Level:  InfoLevel,
+	}
+
+	err := filteredWriter.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Close failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !buf.closed {
+		t.Error("Underlying closable writer should have been closed")
+	}
+
+	// Test FilteredLevelWriter Close with error
+	errorBuf := &closableBuffer{Buffer: &bytes.Buffer{}, closed: false, closeError: io.EOF}
+	errorFilteredWriter := FilteredLevelWriter{
+		Writer: LevelWriterAdapter{errorBuf},
+		Level:  InfoLevel,
+	}
+
+	err = errorFilteredWriter.Close()
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		t.Errorf("Close should have returned EOF error, got: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !errorBuf.closed {
+		t.Error("Underlying closable writer should have been closed")
+	}
+}