Dear community,
I am working on a numerical library. The following is only some style aspect, so nothing crucial: There are some variables/ routines which are needed for every function, and I wonder how I could simplify the code a little bit, since I am “hard-coding” everything at the moment. This is about
- Logging: Yes or no, in what detail?
- Caching: Should the outcome of the routine be saved/ loaded if available? If yes, what is the path?
- Should there be a progress bar displayed for a loop in the routine?
- Debugging: Should the routine run many checks and tests?
For example, a typical routine looks like this (empty datapath means no caching)
function calc_y(x; loglevel=3, datapath="",debugging=false)
pr(s,n) = n<loglevel ? println(s) : nothing
filename = "test.h5"
pr("Starting function calc_y...",0)
if isfile(datapath*filename)
# ... load ...
else
# ... calc something ...
z = calc_z(x,...,loglevel=loglevel, datapath=datapath, debugging=debugging) # call another function
y = x + z
if debugging
if z < 0
throw("z is smaller than 0! That cannot work!")
end
end
# ... calc more ...
if datapath != ""
# ... save to filename ...
end
end
return y
end
Basically, this “skeleton” looks the same in every function. Is there a way to simplify this?
Thanks!
v.