Re: FYI: support for partial messages (i.e. chained diagnostics)

[Akim Demaille]

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| >>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
|  Akim> how about having `msg' and the like return an object
|  Akim> message, and have a means to extend a message object?
| 
|  Akim> my $msg = new msg;
|  Akim> $msg->msg 'channel', 'foo:3', 'redefinition of A ...';
|  Akim> $msg->msg 'channel', 'foo:1', '... A previously defined here';
| 
|  Akim> Which would be equivalent to (but nicer than):
| 
|  Akim> my $msg = msg 'channel', 'foo:3', 'redefinition of A ...';
|  Akim> $msg->msg 'channel', 'foo:1', '... A previously defined here';
| 
| In both cases, you also need a way to indicate when the message
| is terminated and should be sent.  E.g. $msg->finish.  

Hm...  It was my understanding that things were buffered?  Then there
is no need for `finish' AFAICT.


| I agree we could have message objects _in addition_ to the present
| `msg' function.  As you say this would avoid the $partial buffer.
| But IMO that requires some additional machinery we don't need at the
| moment.

Agreed.