     <em class="default">(defaults to: <tt>nil</tt>)</em>
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>the message or exception to log</p>
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<p class="tag_title">Yields:</p>
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    <li>
      
      
        <span class='type'>(<tt>String</tt>, <tt>Exception</tt>)</span>
      
      
      
        &mdash;
        <div class='inline'><p>the message or exception to use for log message</p>
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    </li>
  
</ul>

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