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I. Init
=======

  Call DBG_INIT or DBG_INIT_EX at startup.

  If not called:

  - Log fd defaulted to stderr
  - Log level defaulted to DBG_LEVEL_DEFAULT (see Debug.h)

  TIP#1: You can adjust extra features by setting flags parameter
         to DBG_INIT_EX. See Debug.h for possible values.

  Examples:

    DBG_INIT("dirligo.log")
    DBG_INIT_EX(NULL, "debug3", -1)
    DBG_INIT_EX("dirligo.log", DBG_LEVEL_INFO, DBG_STATE_ENABLE)

II. System error codes
======================

  GetLastError() can be used:

  - Returns native GetLastError() on Windows.
  - Returns errno value on Linux.

  No #ifdef needed.

III. Tracing code
=================

  Use DBG_ENTER or DBG_ENTER_EX to mark begin of function calls.
  Use DBG_LEAVE to mark end of function calls.

  TIP#1: DBG_ENTER2, DBG_ENTER3 etc. are enabled under DEBUG2, DEBUG3 levels
         only. Use them to avoid flooding log with a lot of enter/leaves
         messages if one of function is called very often.

IV. Log levels
==============

  Defined in Debug.h.

  To set log level at init use DBG_INIT_EX at startup.

  To set log level after init use DBG_SET_LEVEL or DBG_INIT_EX with
  DBG_REINIT flag.

  Level name       | Enabled macros
  =================+===================================================
  DBG_LEVEL_NONE   | Fatal quits without message
  -----------------+---------------------------------------------------
  DBG_LEVEL_ERROR  | Error, Fatal
  -----------------+---------------------------------------------------
  DBG_LEVEL_INFO   | DBG_INFO, DBG_HEAD
  -----------------+---------------------------------------------------
  DBG_LEVEL_DEBUG1 | DEBUG1, DBG_MSG, DBG_MSG1, DBG_HEAD1, DBG_ENTER,
                   | DBG_ENTER1, DBG_LEAVE, DBG_LEAVE1
  -----------------+---------------------------------------------------
  DBG_LEVEL_DEBUG2 | DEBUG2, DBG_MSG2, DBG_HEAD2, DBG_ENTER2, DBG_LEAVE2
  -----------------+---------------------------------------------------
  DBG_LEVEL_DEBUG3 | DEBUG3, DBG_MSG3, DBG_HEAD3 DBG_ENTER3, DBG_LEAVE3
  -----------------+---------------------------------------------------
  DBG_LEVEL_DEBUG4 | DEBUG4, DBG_MSG4, DBG_HEAD4 DBG_ENTER4, DBG_LEAVE4
  -----------------+---------------------------------------------------
  DBG_LEVEL_DEBUG5 | DEBUG5, DBG_MSG5, DBG_HEAD5 DBG_ENTER5, DBG_LEAVE5
                   | DBG_DUMP

V. Monitoring process resources
===============================

  1. To enable state monitor init log using DBG_INIT_EX with
     DBG_STATE_ENABLE flag.

  2. To add/delete resources to monitor use DBG_SET_XXX marcos.

     DBG_SET_ADD  - add object to monitor
     DBG_SET_DEL  - remove object from monitor
     DBG_SET_MOVE - move object from one set to another (e.g. move
                    mutex from locking to locked).

     Example: See example02-monitor.

  TIP#1: You can assign arbitar names to object ID to debug code easier.
         To do it see at:

         DBG_SET_ADD_EX - Add named object to monitor
         DBG_SET_RENAME - Rename anonymous object or change existing one

VI. Monitoring I/O activity
===========================

  1. To enable I/O logs use DBG_IO_ENABLE flag in DBG_INIT_EX.

  2. I/O log is written to *.io.<pid>.log file.

  3. To monitor I/O use DBG_IO_XXX macros:

     DBG_IO_WRITE_BEGIN(TYPE, ID, BUF, COUNT)
     DBG_IO_WRITE_END(TYPE, ID, BUF, COUNT)

     DBG_IO_READ_BEGIN(TYPE, ID, BUF, COUNT)
     DBG_IO_READ_END(TYPE, ID, BUF, COUNT)

     DBG_IO_CLOSE_BEGIN(TYPE, ID)
     DBG_IO_CLOSE_END(TYPE, ID)

     where TYPE is arbirtar string e.g. "socket".

  4. Examples:

     //
     // Write some data to FD.
     //

     DBG_IO_WRITE_BEGIN("fd", fd, buf, count);
     written = write(fd, buf, count);
     DBG_IO_WRITE_END("fd", fd, buf, written);

     //
     // Read some data from socket.
     //

     DBG_IO_READ_BEGIN("socket", sock, buf, count);
     readed = recv(sock, buf, count, 0);
     DBG_IO_READ_END("fd", fd, buf, readed);

     //
     // Close stdio file.
     //

     DBG_IO_CLOSE_BEGIN("FILE*", f);
     fclose(f);
     DBG_IO_CLOSE_END("FILE*", f);

     See example04-io for full working code.

VII. Catching errors
====================

  You can use *FAIL* family macros:

  FAIL(X)        - if X true jump to fail
  FAILEX(X, ...) - if X true write formatted messages at DBG_LEVEL_ERROR
                   and jump to fail


  TIP#1: FAIL and FAILEX does NOT affect OS error code.
         You can catch it just after fail label.

  Example:

  {
    int exitCode = -1;

    ...

    FAIL(write(fd, buf, count) < 0);

    FAILEX(ptr == NULL, "ERROR: Ptr cannot be NULL.");

    ...

    //
    // Error handler.
    //

    exitCode = 0;

    fail:

    if (exitCode)
    {
      //
      // We fall here if function fail in middle.
      //

      Error("Fail with code : %d.\n", GetLastError());
    }

    ...
  }