I do like the second form better, especially since the actual code being
run is not obscured by simply being the last argument to a long log
function.

martin

On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 1:55 PM David Storrs <david.sto...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I often find that for debugging I want to see a log message saying "I'm
> about to do X" followed by X followed by "I'm done with X" and I want it to
> return the result of X.
>
> I wrote this macro and posted it to the package server:
> https://pkgs.racket-lang.org/package/log-bracketed
>
> In retrospect, the syntax is bad and I should change it.  Can anyone
> suggest something better?
>
>   (define (on-complete x) (log-test-debug "entering on-complete") x)
>   (struct person (name) #:transparent)
>
>   (log-bracketed test-debug "on-complete" "time: ~a" (current-seconds) 
> (on-complete (person 'bob)))
>   (log-bracketed test-debug "on-complete" "" "no user-specified logging 
> information")
>
> Spits out:
>
>
> test: about to on-complete. time: 1630611613
> test: entering on-complete
> test: after on-complete. time: 1630611613. result: (person 'bob)
> (person 'bob)
> test: about to on-complete
> test: after on-complete. result: "no user-specified logging information"
> "no user-specified logging information"
>
>
> The problem is that this looks like it's a simple logging message when in
> fact it's real code that should not be ignored.  I'm trying to think of a
> better way to do it...maybe something like this?:
>
>   (with-bracketing-logs ([test-debug "on-complete" "time: ~a" 
> (current-seconds)])
>
>      (on-complete (person 'bob))
>
>
>
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