IceCream-Go

A Go port of Python's IceCream.

Usage

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	. "github.com/WAY29/icecream-go/icecream"
)
func foo(a int) int {
	return a + 333
}


func bar() {
	Ic()
}

func main() {
Ic(foo(123));
// Outputs:
// ic| foo(123): 456

Ic(1 + 5);
// Outputs:
// ic| 1 + 5: 6

Ic(foo(123), 1 + 5);
// Outputs:
// ic| foo(123): 456, 1 + 5: 6
bar();
}
// Outputs:
// ic| main.go:12 in main.bar()

Depends

• reflectsource

Installation

go get -u "github.com/WAY29/icecream-go/icecream"

Import

import ic "github.com/WAY29/icecream-go/icecream"
// or just import . "github.com/WAY29/icecream-go/icecream"

Configuration

If you want to change the prefix of the output, you can call icecream.ConfigurePrefix("Hello| ") (by default the prefix is ic| ).

If you want to change how the result is outputted, you can call icecream.ConfigureOutputFunction(f). func may be type of func(s interface{}). For example, if you want to log your messages to a file:

func logfile(s string) {
	filePath := "log.log"
	file, err := os.OpenFile(filePath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0666)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
	}
	defer file.Close()
	write := bufio.NewWriter(file)
	write.WriteString(s)
	write.Flush()
}
func main() {
	ic.ConfigureOutputFunction(logfile)
	ic.Ic(1, 2, 3)
}

If you want to change how the value is outputted, you can call icecream.ConfigureArgToStringFunction(f), func may be type of func(v interface{}) interface{}. For example, if you want to print more detail about a string:

func toString(v interface{}) interface{} {
	rv := reflect.ValueOf(v)
	if rv.Kind() == reflect.String {
		return fmt.Sprintf("[!string %#v with length %d!]", v, len(v.(string)))
	}
	return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", v)
}
func main() {
    s := "string"
	ic.ConfigureArgToStringFunction(toString)
    ic.Ic(s)
    ic.Ic("test")
}

If you want to add call's filename, line number, and parent function to ic's output, you can call icecream.ConfigureIncludeContext(true).

func main() {
    ic.ConfigureIncludeContext(true)
    ic.Ic(1, "asd")
}

If you want to reset configuration, you can call icecream.ResetPrefix(),icecream.ResetOutputFunction(), icecream.ResetArgToStringFunction(),icecream.ResetIncludeContext() .

Return Value

Ic() returns its arguments, so Ic() can easily be inserted into pre-existing code.

func half(i interface{}) int {
    if ii, ok := i.(int); ok {
        return ii / 2
    }

    return -1
}


func main() {
    a := 6
    b := half(ic.Ic(a)[0])
    ic.Ic(b)
}

Prints

ic| a: 6
ic| b: 3

Miscellaneous

Format(...interface{}) is like ic() but the output is returned as a string instead of written to stderr.

func main() {
    result := ic.Format("sup")
    fmt.Printf("%s", result)
}

Additionally, Ic()'s output can be entirely disabled, and later re-enabled, with Disable() and Enable() respectively.

func main() {
    ic.Ic(1)
    ic.Disable()
    ic.Ic(2)
    ic.Enable()
    ic.Ic(3)
}

Prints

ic| 1
ic| 3