Rudimentary commit containing current test implementation.

index.js

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+var fs = require('fs');
+var util = require('util');
+
+var streams = [];
+var labels = {};
+var chain;
+
+function _log(arg1, arg2) {
+  var label = '';
+  var msg = '';
+  if (typeof arg2 === 'undefined') {
+    if (arg1 instanceof Arguments) {
+      for (var arg in arg1) {
+        msg += util.format(arg1[arg]);
+      }
+    } else {
+      msg = util.format(arg1);
+    }
+  } else {
+    label = arg1;
+    if (arg2 instanceof Arguments) {
+      for (var arg in arg2) {
+        msg += util.format(arg2[arg]);
+      }
+    } else {
+      msg = util.format(arg2);
+    }
+  }
+ 
+  // build our output customization string
+  var str = '';
+  if (typeof labels[label] !== 'undefined') {
+    for (var j = labels[label].length-1; j >= 0; j--) {
+      str = labels[label][j](str);
+      if (j == 0) str += ' ';
+    }
+  }
+  // write our string to our streams
+  for (var i = 0; i < streams.length; i++) {
+    streams[i].write(str+msg+'\n');
+  }
+  return module.exports;
+}
+
+function init(file) {
+  if (typeof file !== 'undefined') {
+    var writable = fs.createWriteStream(file);
+    streams.push(writable);
+  }
+  if (process.stdin.isTTY) {
+    streams.push(process.stdin);
+  }
+  return module.exports;
+}
+module.exports.init = init;
+
+function setup() {
+  var cur, last;
+  chain = cur = last = streams[0];
+  for (var i = 0; i < streams.length; i++) {
+    cur = streams[i];
+    if (last != cur) {
+      last.pipe(cur);
+    }
+    last = cur;
+  }
+  return module.exports;
+}
+module.exports.setup = setup;
+
+function _new(label, options) {
+  labels[label] = [];
+  if (typeof options !== 'undefined') {
+    if (options.logLabel == true) {
+      labels[label].push(function(str) { return label+str });
+    }
+    if (options.logTime == true) {
+      labels[label].push(doTime);
+    }
+  }
+  streams[label] = [];
+  return get(label);
+}
+module.exports.new = _new;
+
+function get(label) {
+  return function() { _log(label, toArguments(arguments)) };
+}
+module.exports.get = get;
+module.exports.log = _new('');
+
+function doTime(str) {
+  var new_str = '('+new Date().toISOString() + '):' + str;
+  return new_str;
+}
+
+function Arguments() {};
+function toArguments(obj) {
+  var args = new Arguments();
+  for (var attr in obj) {
+    args[attr] = obj[attr];
+  }
+  return args;
+}

test.js

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+var pLog = require('./index.js').init("file")
+var perr = pLog.new('Error', {logTime: true, logLabel: true});
+var pdbg = pLog.new('Debug', {logLabel: true});
+var plog = pLog.get('');
+
+//perr('test');
+
+//plog('yo!');
+//plog('Warning', 'yo!');
+//plog('Warning', 'yo!');
+//plog('yo!');
+
+//plog(plog);
+//console.log(plog);
+
+//pdbg(a);
+
+function vara() {
+  console.log(arguments);
+  var obj = {};
+  console.log(arguments[0] instanceof Arguments);
+  console.log(typeof arguments);
+}
+
+r_vara = function() {
+  vara(toArguments(arguments));
+}
+
+function Arguments(obj) {};
+function toArguments(obj) {
+  var arg = new Arguments();
+  for (var attr in obj) {
+    arg[attr] = obj[attr];
+  }
+  return arg;
+}
+
+var a = {a: '3'};
+plog('a', a, 'c');
+
+//plog(a);
+//console.log(a);