Re: [RFC] syslog interface

[Masatake YAMATO <yamato@redhat.com>]

>> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 14:18:47 +0900 (JST)
>> From: Masatake YAMATO <yamato@redhat.com>
>> 
>> My idea is using syslog implemention in libc; 
>> it handles the protocol, and we can expect it is maintained well. If
>> the protocol is changed the libc maintainer will update the function.
>> As the result we can use/maintain syslog interfae from elisp without 
>> worrying about the protocol changing.
>> 
>> Here is sample implemention. It comes from two parts: syslog.el and a patch
>> for emacs. 
> 
> IMHO, this syslog.el is too specific to the single platform on which
> it was coded.  It should be more portable: not to expose highly
> system-dependent constants, for example.  All this unportable stuff
> should be inside the primitive, because the primitive will have to be
> implemented for every platform that has its own syslog facility and
> API.
> 
> See proced.el for an example of another similar facility, and the
> primitives it uses.
> 

Thank you for advice. I'll look at proced.el.

Masatake YAMATO