# HG changeset patch
# User Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com>
# Date 1247360834 -3600
# Node ID 21051377f11b1c91b504bd7704c8f6618fd3dbe2
# Parent  0494f5e3be23ef3cff8b11a8a5c4e82fb3be2ad9
util.helpers: New util library to aid with debugging, etc.

diff -r 0494f5e3be23 -r 21051377f11b util/helpers.lua
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/util/helpers.lua	Sun Jul 12 02:07:14 2009 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+module("helpers", package.seeall);
+
+-- Helper functions for debugging
+
+local log = require "util.logger".init("util.debug");
+
+function log_events(events, name, logger)
+	local f = events.fire_event;
+	if not f then
+		error("Object does not appear to be a util.events object");
+	end
+	logger = logger or log;
+	name = name or tostring(events);
+	function events.fire_event(event, ...)
+		logger("debug", "%s firing event: %s", name, event);
+	end
+	events[events.fire_event] = f;
+	return events;
+end
+
+function revert_log_events(events)
+	events.fire_event, events[events.fire_event] = events[events.fire_event], nil; -- :)
+end
+
+return _M;