You do not reuse log file output to propagate state changes. If you do I would like to know for what purpose...
In my world the ultimate goal of log file output is human consumption with or without aggregation or alert filtering. It has nothing to do with your system internal state. It's merely a reflection of what changed at best. Luc P. > 2014-07-11 14:19 GMT+02:00 Softaddicts <lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca>: > > > I look at side effects this way, will it ever record some state change > > that some > > code in the universe will eventually rely on ? > > > > If no, then there's no state change/side effect to care about. > > > > Sending a message is a side effect (a pgm will eventually use it), writing > > to > > a database, ... qualify. > > > > Then writing to a log file should qualify also. And as I understand it, it > does not. > > -- > Cecil Westerhof > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Softaddicts<lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca> sent by ibisMail from my ipad! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.