RE: [REBOL] Re: Better error messages? Excellent. I replaced my usage-part with yours, hope its ok ;-)
-Volker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Volker, > > > > And it gets me wondering if it could be done the other way round. For > > > example, I define a function called (say) LoggedFunc: > > Thanks for your long reply, and sample code. What you've done is very clever, > and if I understand it right, it will be of interest to anyone who is > developing Rebol code for use by others. Can I summarise what I think you've > done for everyone's benefit? > > Problem: Rebol error messages give way to little context. Useful for > development maybe, but underpowered for code deployed in the field. > > Volker's solution. > > 1. Be structured. Embed all Funcs in Objects: > > MyObject1: [Myfunc1: func [...] [...] > Myfunc2: func [...] [...] > ] > > MyObject2: [Myfunc1: func [...] [...] > Myfunc2: func [...] [...] > ] > > > This is pretty good practice anyway. > > 2. For any of these functions you want a better set of reporting on, defined > the with the Logged marker word: > > MyObject1: [Myfunc1: logged func [...] [...] > Myfunc2: func [...] [...] > ] > > MyObject2: [Myfunc1: logged func [...] [...] > Myfunc2: logged func [...] [...] > ] > > > (So for some reason, I've decided not to get a better oversight on > MyObject1/MyFunc2) > > 3. Before you make your first object call, run Volker's initialisation code: > > Logging MyObject1 > Logging MyObject2 > > (This replaces the 'logged marker word with some magic). > > 4. To do this, you need Volker's functions, available at: > > http://www.reboltech.com/library/scripts/error-logger.r > > (this is a bit of a jumble of payload code, test code, examples and > development history. You just need the functions from the comment "control > your logging here" onwards.) > > Thanks Volker! > Sunanda. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes. > -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
