From 19fcfc7f440d630822106b4df8e7afa166e078dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joachim Schoeberl <joachim.schoeberl@tuwien.ac.at>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 21:41:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] SetLevel returns old level

---
 libsrc/core/logging.hpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libsrc/core/logging.hpp b/libsrc/core/logging.hpp
index 38993203..0e010b1a 100644
--- a/libsrc/core/logging.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/core/logging.hpp
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ namespace ngcore
     static NGCORE_API level::level_enum global_level;
 
   public:
-    static void SetGlobalLoggingLevel( level::level_enum level ) { global_level = level; }
+    static auto SetGlobalLoggingLevel( level::level_enum level )
+    {
+      auto oldval = global_level;
+      global_level = level;
+      return oldval;
+    }
 
     std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> logger;