Re: [Playerstage-developers] debug mode on *all* drivers

[Brian G. <br...@ge...>]

On Sep 6, 2006, at 5:59 AM, Radu Bogdan Rusu wrote:

> I think it's time to add a debug configuration mode to all drivers  
> in the repository and
> replace all the odd, ugly looking messages on the player console  
> with proper ones. I
> actually vote for a debug on/off plus a debug_level int. This  
> should be set either in the
> configuration file for each device, or sent as a configuration  
> request.
>
> Let's set up a proper message output format and then some of us can  
> start going through
> the drivers that we use and update them.

There's already a comprehensive logging / error  message system,  
which all drivers should be using, via the macros PLAYER_ERROR,  
PLAYER_WARN, PLAYER_MSG*, etc.  All messages go to a file (.player),  
and some go to the console, depending on the global debug level (set  
via -d <debug> on the command-line).

I can see the value in making the debug level driver-specific.  Do  
you find something else lacking in the current message system?

	brian.