dunst/HACKING.md
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# Important notes on the code
## Log messages
### Messages
- Keep your message in common format: `<problem>: <problematic value/description>`
- If you have to write text, single quote values in your sentence.
### Levels
For logging, there are printf-like macros `LOG_(E|C|W|M|I|D)`.
- `LOG_E` (ERROR):
- All messages, which lead to immediate abort and are caused by a programming error. The program needs patching and the error is not user recoverable.
- e.g.: Switching over an enum, `LOG_E` would go into the default case.
- `LOG_C` (CRITICAL):
- The program cannot continue to work. It is used in the wrong manner or some outer conditions are not met.
- e.g.: `-config` parameter value is unreadable file
- `LOG_W` (WARNING):
- Something is not in shape, but it's recoverable.
- e.g.: A value is not parsable in the config file, which will default.
- `LOG_M` (MESSAGE):
- Important info, which informs about the state.
- e.g.: An empty notification does get removed immediately.
- `LOG_I` (INFO):
- Mostly unneccessary info, but important to debug (as the user) some use cases.
- e.g.: print the notification contents after arriving
- `LOG_D` (DEBUG):
- Only important during development or tracing some bugs (as the developer).