[Logs-devel] RFC higher-level functionality

[Jim Prewett]

All, (err, hi Dmitry :)

I'm thinking of adding these macros to LoGS:

(defmacro rule (&rest rest)
  `(make-instance 'rule ,@rest))

(defmacro context (&rest rest)
  `(ensure-context ,@rest))

(defmacro ruleset (&rest rest)
  `(make-instance 'ruleset ,@rest))


then, instead of:

(make-instance 'rule
               :match (lambda (message) t)
               :actions (list (lambda (message)
                                (format t "message: ~A~%"
                                        (message message)))))

You could do:

(rule
 :match (lambda (message) t)
 :actions (list (lambda (message)
                  (format t "message: ~A~%" (message message)))))


Is this a good thing?  I think it would provide a more consistent 
interface to making rules/rulesets/contexts.

Jim

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