[RFC] proposed changes to log UI

[Vincent Ladeuil]

>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Clatworthy <ian.clatworthy at internode.on.net> writes:

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    Ian> Thoughts?

I failed to mention one rough idea I also have regarding log:
more than once, I've been bitten because some options are
relevant for one or several log formatters but not necessarily
all of them or some may be specific to only one of them.

One way to address that may be to delegate some option handling
to the log formatters.

That needs some changes in our option parser but if done right it
may also addresses handling sub commands. Since that's off-topic
here, I don't explain further.

Another pending point regarding log is that log adapters may want
parameters too. But since they don't use any today, giving the
parameters to the log formatters may allow them to define new
adapters that may embed the needed parameters at build time.

      Vincent