New documented interface for tracing.
[mLib] / trace.h
1 /* -*-c-*-
2 *
3 * $Id: trace.h,v 1.4 1999/10/22 22:39:52 mdw Exp $
4 *
5 * Tracing functions for debugging
6 *
7 * (c) 1998 Straylight/Edgeware
8 */
9
10 /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
11 *
12 * This file is part of the mLib utilities library.
13 *
14 * mLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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18 *
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28 */
29
30 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
31 *
32 * $Log: trace.h,v $
33 * Revision 1.4 1999/10/22 22:39:52 mdw
34 * New documented interface for tracing.
35 *
36 * Revision 1.3 1999/05/06 19:51:35 mdw
37 * Reformatted the LGPL notice a little bit.
38 *
39 * Revision 1.2 1999/05/05 18:50:31 mdw
40 * Change licensing conditions to LGPL.
41 *
42 * Revision 1.1.1.1 1998/06/17 23:44:42 mdw
43 * Initial version of mLib
44 *
45 */
46
47 #ifndef TRACE_H
48 #define TRACE_H
49
50 #ifdef __cplusplus
51 extern "C" {
52 #endif
53
54 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
55
56 #include <stdio.h>
57
58 /*----- Data structures ---------------------------------------------------*/
59
60 typedef struct trace_opt {
61 char ch;
62 unsigned f;
63 const char *help;
64 } trace_opt;
65
66 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
67
68 /* --- @trace@ --- *
69 *
70 * Arguments: @unsigned l@ = trace level for output
71 * @const char *f@ = a @printf@-style format string
72 * @...@ = other arguments
73 *
74 * Returns: ---
75 *
76 * Use: Reports a message to the trace output.
77 */
78
79 extern void trace(unsigned /*l*/, const char */*f*/, ...);
80
81 /* --- @trace_block@ --- *
82 *
83 * Arguments: @unsigned l@ = trace level for output
84 * @const char *s@ = some header string to write
85 * @const void *b@ = pointer to a block of memory to dump
86 * @size_t sz@ = size of the block of memory
87 *
88 * Returns: ---
89 *
90 * Use: Dumps the contents of a block to the trace output.
91 */
92
93 extern void trace_block(unsigned /*l*/, const char */*s*/,
94 const void */*b*/, size_t /*sz*/);
95
96 /* --- @trace_on@ --- *
97 *
98 * Arguments: @FILE *fp@ = a file to trace on
99 * @unsigned l@ = trace level to set
100 *
101 * Returns: ---
102 *
103 * Use: Enables tracing to a file.
104 */
105
106 extern void trace_on(FILE */*fp*/, unsigned /*l*/);
107
108 /* --- @trace_level@ --- *
109 *
110 * Arguments: @unsigned l@ = trace level to set
111 *
112 * Returns: ---
113 *
114 * Use: Sets the tracing level.
115 */
116
117 extern void trace_level(unsigned /*l*/);
118
119 /* --- @tracing@ --- *
120 *
121 * Arguments: ---
122 *
123 * Returns: Zero if not tracing, tracing level if tracing.
124 *
125 * Use: Informs the caller whether tracing is enabled.
126 */
127
128 extern unsigned tracing(void);
129
130 /* --- @traceopt@ --- *
131 *
132 * Arguments: @trace_opt *t@ = pointer to trace options table
133 * @const char *p@ = option string supplied by user
134 * @unsigned f@ = initial tracing flags
135 * @unsigned bad@ = forbidden tracing flags
136 *
137 * Returns: Trace flags as set by user.
138 *
139 * Use: Parses an option string from the user and sets the
140 * appropriate trace flags. If the argument is null or a single
141 * `?' character, a help message is displayed.
142 */
143
144 extern unsigned traceopt(trace_opt */*t*/, const char */*p*/,
145 unsigned /*f*/, unsigned /*bad*/);
146
147 /*----- Tracing macros ----------------------------------------------------*/
148
149 #ifndef NTRACE
150 # define T(x) x
151 # define IF_TRACING(l, x) if ((l) & tracing()) x
152 #else
153 # define T(x)
154 # define IF_TRACING(l, x)
155 #endif
156
157 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/
158
159 #ifdef __cplusplus
160 }
161 #endif
162
163 #endif