diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp b/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp
index 6a9f802ec..0c9e0bd98 100644
--- a/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp
+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/code/OpenDDLParser.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,24 @@ OpenDDLParser::~OpenDDLParser() {
     clear();
 }
 
+void OpenDDLParser::logToStream(FILE *f, LogSeverity severity, const std::string &message) {
+    if (f) {
+        const char *tag = "none";
+        switch (severity) {
+        case ddl_debug_msg: tag = "debug"; break;
+        case ddl_info_msg:  tag = "info";  break;
+        case ddl_warn_msg:  tag = "warn";  break;
+        case ddl_error_msg: tag = "error"; break;
+        }
+        fprintf(f, "OpenDDLParser: (%5s) %s\n", tag, message.c_str());
+    }
+}
+
+OpenDDLParser::logCallback OpenDDLParser::StdLogCallback (FILE *destination) {
+    using namespace std::placeholders;
+    return std::bind(logToStream, destination ? destination : stderr, _1, _2);
+}
+
 void OpenDDLParser::setLogCallback(logCallback callback) {
     // install user-specific log callback; null = no log callback
     m_logCallback = callback;
@@ -171,12 +189,8 @@ size_t OpenDDLParser::getBufferSize() const {
 
 void OpenDDLParser::clear() {
     m_buffer.resize(0);
-    if (nullptr != m_context) {
-        delete m_context;
-        m_context = nullptr;
-    }
-
-    //    DDLNode::releaseNodes();
+    delete m_context;
+    m_context = nullptr;
 }
 
 bool OpenDDLParser::validate() {
@@ -506,7 +520,9 @@ char *OpenDDLParser::parseName(char *in, char *end, Name **name) {
     in = parseIdentifier(in, end, &id);
     if (id) {
         currentName = new Name(ntype, id);
-        *name = currentName;
+        if (currentName) {
+            *name = currentName;
+        }
     }
 
     return in;
diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/code/Value.cpp b/contrib/openddlparser/code/Value.cpp
index 708a6878f..5a8aa39be 100644
--- a/contrib/openddlparser/code/Value.cpp
+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/code/Value.cpp
@@ -113,13 +113,14 @@ Value::~Value() {
     if (m_data != nullptr) {
         if (m_type == ValueType::ddl_ref) {
             Reference *tmp = (Reference *)m_data;
-            if (tmp != nullptr)
+            if (tmp != nullptr) {
                 delete tmp;
-        } else
+            }
+        } else {
             delete[] m_data;
+        }
     }
-    if (m_next != nullptr)
-        delete m_next;
+    delete m_next;
 }
 
 void Value::setBool(bool value) {
diff --git a/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParser.h b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParser.h
index 5794add90..3fbb4b6af 100644
--- a/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParser.h
+++ b/contrib/openddlparser/include/openddlparser/OpenDDLParser.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <functional>
 
 BEGIN_ODDLPARSER_NS
 
@@ -97,8 +98,8 @@ DLL_ODDLPARSER_EXPORT const char *getTypeToken(Value::ValueType type);
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class DLL_ODDLPARSER_EXPORT OpenDDLParser {
 public:
-    ///	@brief  The log callback function pointer.
-    typedef void (*logCallback)(LogSeverity severity, const std::string &msg);
+    ///	@brief  The log callback function.
+    typedef std::function<void (LogSeverity severity, const std::string &msg)> logCallback;
 
 public:
     ///	@brief  The default class constructor.
@@ -120,6 +121,11 @@ public:
     /// @return The current log callback.
     logCallback getLogCallback() const;
 
+    /// @brief  A default log callback that writes to a FILE.
+    /// @param  destination [in] Output stream. NULL will use stderr.
+    /// @return A callback that you can pass to setLogCallback.
+    static logCallback StdLogCallback(FILE *destination = nullptr);
+
     ///	@brief  Assigns a new buffer to parse.
     ///	@param  buffer      [in] The buffer
     ///	@param  len         [in] Size of the buffer
@@ -192,6 +198,9 @@ private:
     typedef std::vector<DDLNode *> DDLNodeStack;
     DDLNodeStack m_stack;
     Context *m_context;
+
+    ///	@brief  Callback for StdLogCallback(). Not meant to be called directly.
+    static void logToStream (FILE *, LogSeverity, const std::string &);
 };
 
 END_ODDLPARSER_NS