module Watson

Constants

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BOLD: Color definitions for pretty printing Defined here because we need Global scope but makes sense to have them in the printer.rb file at least
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GLOBAL_DEBUG_OFF: Gllobal flag to turn OFF debugging across all files
GLOBAL_DEBUG_ON: Global flag to turn ON debugging across all files
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VERSION
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Public Instance Methods

check_less() click to toggle source

Perform system check to see if we are able to use unix less for printing

# File lib/watson.rb, line 63
def check_less
        # Check if system has less (so we can print out to it to allow scrolling)
        # [todo] - Implement this scrolling thing inside watson with ncurses
        return system("which less > /dev/null 2>&1")  
end

debug_print(msg) click to toggle source

Global debug print that prints based on local file DEBUG flag as well as GLOBAL debug flag

# File lib/watson.rb, line 45
def debug_print(msg)
# [todo] - If input msg is a Hash, use pp to dump it

        # Print only if DEBUG flag of calling class is true OR 
        # GLOBAL_DEBUG_ON of Watson module (defined above) is true
        # AND GLOBAL_DEBUG_OFF of Watson module (Defined above) is false

        # Sometimes we call debug_print from a static method (class << self)
        # and other times from a class method, and ::DEBUG is accessed differently 
        # from a class vs object, so lets take care of that
        _DEBUG = (self.is_a? Class) ? self::DEBUG : self.class::DEBUG

        print "=> #{msg}" if ( (_DEBUG == true || GLOBAL_DEBUG_ON == true) && (GLOBAL_DEBUG_OFF == false))
end