Log, a GDScript pretty printer | DevLog 03

Log is a static class that colorizes the print() output of your gdscript code.

In the future I'll break this out into a proper addon, but for now, here's an
overview of Log's features and current implementation.

Log.gd at the time this was recorded: https://github.com/russmatney/dino/blob/6c08fc4aa470338e05df0793d60750de45d9a227/addons/core/Log.gd

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0:00 Intro/Outline
0:36 Log, a GDScript Pretty Printer
0:53 Log Public API
1:10 Reading Logs is Tough
1:17 Enter: print_rich()
1:25 Color Choices
1:34 Supported Colors and Tags
1:50 An Ergonomic Signature
2:20 Call-site prefix
2:35 Debug UIs
2:45 Opt-in to to_pretty()
2:55 Implementation preamble
3:06 Implementation Walkthrough
5:19 Future Ideas
5:44 Thank You!
6:06 End

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Links:

- DevLog 01: Dino Year One: https://youtu.be/9cyAnNLGrZI
- DevLog 02: Aseprite Bulk Tag Creation: https://youtu.be/yKHnLkeyGzc

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