xcb-debug.el

;;; xcb-debug.el --- Debugging helpers for XELB  -*- lexical-binding: t -*-

;; Copyright (C) 2018-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Adrián Medraño Calvo <adrian@medranocalvo.com>

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;;; Commentary:

;; This module collects functions that help in debugging XELB.

;;; Code:

(defvar xcb-debug:buffer "*XELB-DEBUG*" "Buffer to write debug messages to.")

(defvar xcb-debug:backtrace-start-frame 5
  "From which frame to start collecting backtraces.")

(defvar xcb-debug:log-time-function #'xcb-debug:log-uptime
  "Function used for generating timestamps in XELB debug logs.

Here are some predefined candidates:
`xcb-debug:log-uptime': Display the uptime of this Emacs instance.
`xcb-debug:log-time': Display time of day.
`nil': Disable timestamp.")

(defun xcb-debug:log-uptime ()
  "Add uptime to XELB debug logs."
  (emacs-uptime "[%.2h:%.2m:%.2s] "))

(defun xcb-debug:log-time ()
  "Add time of day to XELB debug logs."
  (format-time-string "[%T] "))

(defun xcb-debug:-call-stack ()
  "Return the current call stack frames."
  (let (frames frame
        ;; No need to acount for our setq, while, let, ...
        (index xcb-debug:backtrace-start-frame))
    (while (setq frame (backtrace-frame index))
      (push frame frames)
      (cl-incf index))
    (cl-remove-if-not 'car frames)))

(defmacro xcb-debug:compile-time-function-name ()
  "Get the name of outermost definition at expansion time."
  (let* ((frame (cl-find-if
                 (lambda (frame)
                   (ignore-errors
                     (let ((clause (car (cl-third frame))))
                       (or (equal clause 'defalias)
                           (equal clause 'cl-defmethod)))))
                 (reverse (xcb-debug:-call-stack))))
         (defn (cl-third frame))
         (deftype (car defn)))
    (cl-case deftype
      ((defalias) (symbol-name (cl-cadadr defn)))
      ((cl-defmethod) (symbol-name (cadr defn)))
      (t "<unknown function>"))))

(defmacro xcb-debug:-with-debug-buffer (&rest forms)
  "Evaluate FORMS making sure `xcb-debug:buffer' is correctly updated."
  `(with-current-buffer (xcb-debug:-get-buffer)
     (let (windows-eob)
       ;; Note windows whose point is at EOB.
       (dolist (w (get-buffer-window-list (current-buffer) t 'nomini))
         (when (and (window-live-p w)
                    (= (window-point w) (point-max)))
           (push w windows-eob)))
       (save-excursion
         (goto-char (point-max))
         ,@forms)
       ;; Restore point.
       (dolist (w windows-eob)
         (set-window-point w (point-max))))))

(defun xcb-debug:message (format-string &rest objects)
  "Print a message to `xcb-debug:buffer'.

The FORMAT-STRING argument follows the speficies how to print each of
the passed OBJECTS.  See `format' for details."
  (xcb-debug:-with-debug-buffer
   (insert (apply #'format format-string objects))))

(defmacro xcb-debug:backtrace ()
  "Print a backtrace to the `xcb-debug:buffer'."
  '(xcb-debug:-with-debug-buffer
    (let ((standard-output (xcb-debug:-get-buffer)))
      (backtrace))))

(defmacro xcb-debug:backtrace-on-error (&rest forms)
  "Evaluate FORMS.  Printing a backtrace if an error is signaled."
  `(let ((debug-on-error t)
         (debugger (lambda (&rest _) (xcb-debug:backtrace))))
     ,@forms))

(defun xcb-debug:-get-buffer ()
  "Get or create `xcb-debug:buffer'."
  (let ((buffer (get-buffer xcb-debug:buffer)))
    (unless buffer
      (setq buffer (get-buffer-create xcb-debug:buffer))
      (buffer-disable-undo buffer))
    buffer))

(defun xcb-debug:clear ()
  "Clear the debug buffer."
  (interactive)
  (xcb-debug:-with-debug-buffer
   (erase-buffer)))

(defun xcb-debug:mark ()
  "Insert a mark in the debug buffer."
  (interactive)
  (xcb-debug:-with-debug-buffer
   (insert "\n")))



(provide 'xcb-debug)

;;; xcb-debug.el ends here