I have always appreciated the debug logging pattern commonly used within NodeJS projects. As I worked more with go, I wanted to bring that logging pattern to the language.
kemba is a simple logging library that is a reimplementation of the npm debug module in hopes of bringing that capability to the language.
The kemba logger reads the DEBUG and KEMBA environment variables to determine if a log line should be output. The logger outputs to STDERR.
When it is not set, the logger will immediately return, taking no action.
When the value is set (ex. DEBUG=example:*,tool:details and/or KEMBA=plugin:fxn:start), the logger will determine if it should be enabled when instantiated.
The value of these flags can be a simple regex alternative where a wildcard (*) are replaced with .* and all terms are prepended with ^ and appended with $. If a term does not include a wildcard, then an exact match it required.
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