[news.eclipse.dsdp.rtsc] Re: Hungrier % in Diag?

[dave russo <d-russo@xxxxxx>]

Chris Ring wrote:
> Looks like the % 'Module wildcard' character available in Diag_setMask() 
> and other related fxns can only be used to match Module names.  That is, 
> if I have 3 Modules in my system - mypkg.A, mypkg.B, and mypkg.deeper.C 
> - I can affect the masks of mypkg.A and mypkg.B using the pattern 
> "mypkg.%".  Cool.
>
> I'm looking for a way to - at runtime via Diag_setMask() - affect all 
> Modules in the system (e.g. to turn on all tracing).  Initially I 
> expected to call Diag_setMask("%=EXILA12345678");, but that didn't work 
> b/c '%' only matches Module names - I have to name the package.  It 
> looks like, to get the turn-on-all-logging feature I want, I have to at 
> least explicitly list all packages in the system in my Diag_setMask() call?
>
> If we need to add a feature, perhaps we could add a similar 'wildcard' 
> char available for matching package names (maybe '*')?  That is, If I 
> want to affect all 3 of the above packages, perhaps I could use "mypkg*.%"?
Actually there is a bug in the wildcard handling that prevents % from 
applying to more than the first module.  Once this is fixed (this week), 
your initial expectation should work: Diags_setmask("%=EXILA12345678") 
will enable all trace for all modules.
> Chris