<doc> TRACE -- The simple Hop server-side tracing facility

== Description ==

This simple weblet is intended for displaying client messages on the
server console. It provides facilities that may be used for simplistic
debugging tasks.

~~ The services provided by TRACE are not meant to be directly invoked.
The actually are used as back-end implementation for the two client 
functions ++trace++ and ++tprint++.

~~
,(<TABLE> :class "weblet-facts"
  (<TR> (<TD> :rowspan 5 :class "logo"
            (<IMG> :src (make-file-name (dirname (the-loading-file)) "logo.png")))
        (<TH> (string-capitalize "") " version") (<TD> "1.0.0"))
  (<TR> (<TH> "Hop min version") (<TD> "3.6.0 "))
  (<TR> (<TH> "Hop max version") (<TD> ""))
  (<TR> (<TH> "Date") (<TD> "18 april 2008"))
  (<TR> (<TH> "Category") (<TD> "hop")))

== Synopsis ==

=== Services ===

TRACE defines two services that are not supposed to be directly used. These
services are used by the two runtime functions ++trace++ and
++tprint++. Example
 
  (define-service (trace-example)
     (<HTML>
        (<DIV> (<BUTTON> "tprint" :onclick ~(tprint "button 1")))
        (<DIV> (<BUTTON> "trace" :onclick ~(trace "button 2")))))
      

  - ++[[trace]]++: This service displays its argument to the server console,
 provided ++hop-verbose++ is greater or equal to ++1++.

  - ++[[trace/tprint]]++: This is similar to ++trace++ except that:
    * it unconditionally prints its argument on the server error console.
    * on the server error console, before printing its arguments, this service
 also display the filename and line number of the source code that contains
 the call.

== Configuration ==

<server>

=== RC file: ++tracerc.hop++ ===

~~ At load time, the TRACE weblet loads the ++tracerc.hop++
,(<TUTORIALREF> "RC file" "07-hoprc.wiki") file that can be used for
configuring the printing:

,(let ((path (make-file-name (hop-rc-directory) "tracerc.hop")))
    (when (file-exists? path)
	(<FL>
	   (<FLITEM>
	      (<FLHEAD> path)
	      (with-input-from-file path
		 (lambda ()
		    (<PRE>
		       :style "max-width: 80em; overflow: auto"
		       :class "source"
		       (decorate-api-code
			(read-string (current-input-port))))))))))

=== ++trace-print++ ===
<parameter> trace-print
<parameter> trace-print-set!

<arguments>
^  access  ^   type   ^  current value     ^  short description        ^
|   r/w    |  procedure  |  _  | The procedure to print.     |
</arguments>

The ++trace-print++ parameter controls the printing of ++trace++ services.
It is bound to a function accepting two parameters:

  * an object denoting the current request.
  * the arguments of the trace.


A possible default value for ++trace-print++ could be defined as:

<code>
  (define-parameter trace-print
     (lambda (req args)
        (when (>= (hop-verbose) 1)
           (with-output-to-port (current-error-port)
               (lambda ()
                   (display "TRACE: ")
                   (for-each display args)
                   (newline))))))
</code>

</parameter>
</parameter>

</server>
</doc>
:rowspan 5 :class "logo" ( :src (make-file-name (dirname (the-loading-file)) "logo.png"))) (	(string-capitalize "") " version") (	"1.0.0")) (
"Hop min version") (	"3.6.0 ")) (
"Hop max version") (	"")) (
"Date") (	"18 april 2008")) (
"Category") (	"hop"))) == Synopsis == === Services === TRACE defines two services that are not supposed to be directly used. These services are used by the two runtime functions ++trace++ and ++tprint++. Example (define-service (trace-example) ( ( (