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[RFC PATCH 0/1] Add logging capability to Guix

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 68946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>,
 Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>,
 Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>,
 Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: Re: [bug#68946] [PATCH v2] guix: Add logging module.
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:44:13 +0100

Hi,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> skribis:

>> My concern with logging is that it’s not a good fit for the functional
>> parts (unless it has a functional interface like ‘pk’, but that’s still
>> sorta “cluttering” otherwise functional code), and I’m not sure which
>> imperative part it could be used for (I don’t doubt there’s such a
>> thing, but I lack imagination).
>
> I understand the concern, but I think to be able to trace execution
> easily at run time with a simple `--log-level=debug' would provide value
> enough (as a developer aid) to justify it.

Again, I lack imagination; where would you use it today?

I think we should only add this facility once it has at least one user.
Otherwise people using ‘--log-level’ would be disappointed.  :-)

Ludo’.

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