While we support initializing records via coercion from an expression
list, e.g.,
local x: X = [$x1=1, $x2=2];
this can sometimes obscure the code to readers, e.g., when assigning to
value declared and typed elsewhere. The language runtime has a similar
overhead since instead of just constructing a known type it needs to
check at runtime that the coercion from the expression list is valid;
this can be slower than just writing the readible code in the first
place, see #4559.
With this patch we use explicit construction, e.g.,
local x = X($x1=1, $x2=2);
Catch-and-release logs now include the plugin that is responsible for an
action. Furthermore, the catch-and-release log also includes instances
where a rule already existed, and where an error occurred during an
operation.
This change extends the arguments of NetControl::create_debug, and
allows the specification of an optional name argument, which can be used
instead of the default-generated name.
This is helpful when one wants to attach several plugins to verify
behavior in those cases.
