Formatted Debug logging

Functions that work like Debug.log and toString but are formatted so humans can read them.

Install

Since the Elm Package Manager doesn't allow for Native code and this uses Native code, you have to install it directly from GitHub, e.g. via elm-github-install or some equivalent mechanism.

Usage

type alias Stuff =
    { string : String
    , more : MoreStuff
    , num : Int
    }


type alias MoreStuff =
    { anotherString : String
    , anotherNum : Int
    }


stuff : Stuff
stuff =
    { string = "stuff"
    , more = moreStuff
    , num = 1
    }


moreStuff : MoreStuff
moreStuff =
    { anotherString = "more"
    , anotherNum = 100
    }


test : String
test =
    let
		fc =
			DebugF.logFC Red Black "stuff" <| "prefix: " ++ (toStringF stuff)

		c =
			DebugF.logC Black Yellow "moreStuff" moreStuff

        ff =
            DebugF.log "stuff" <| "prefix: " ++ (toStringF stuff)

        f =
            DebugF.log "moreStuff" moreStuff

        ll =
            Debug.log "stuff" <| "prefix: " ++ (toString stuff)

        l =
            Debug.log "moreStuff" moreStuff

    in
        ""

Produces the following output, first the Elm Debug output then this library's output and finally in color (terminal output only otherwise will have embedded ANSI escape sequences):

Notice that when DebugF gets a string it prints it more simply.

moreStuff: { anotherString = "more", anotherNum = 100 }
stuff: "prefix: { string = \"stuff\", more = { anotherString = \"more\", anotherNum = 100 }, num = 1 }"

-------------------------moreStuff-------------------------

{
  anotherString = "more",
  anotherNum = 100
}

stuff: prefix: {
  string = "stuff",
  more = {
    anotherString = "more",
    anotherNum = 100
  },
  num = 1
}

moreStuff: { anotherString = "more", anotherNum = 100 }

stuff: prefix: {
 string = "stuff",
 more = {
  anotherString = "more",
  anotherNum = 100
 },
 num = 1
}
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