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Author SHA1 Message Date
Arne Welzel
f4bb8fae33 record_fields: Include information about optionality of fields
This was reported as a wish for log schema generation, so add it...
2023-04-27 21:18:35 +02:00
Arne Welzel
985bbe4e57 Support redef'ing the &log attribute of record fields
Add new syntax for adding and removing attributes from record fields:

    redef RecordType$field_name += { &log };
    redef RecordType$field_name -= { &log };

For now this only allowed for the &log attribute as the semantics are clear.
For &default and &optional the semantics aren't obvious and no use-cases have
been identified where those would make sense to change.

This enables a mechanism to add potentially interesting fields to the typical
Info records in base scripts, but letting users opt-into actually including
them into their log. At the same time, users that find specific fields in a
standard log uninteresting can opt-out without using `Log::Filter$exclude`
which can be difficult to use correctly. Patching or forking external packages
to remove columns from a log can also be avoided with this mechanism.

Closes #2000.
2022-08-10 17:27:05 +02:00