trying to make this work again

Signed-off-by: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>

flags.go

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func SetDefaults() {
 	}
 }
 
-// protects against panic() by making sure it exists.
+// simply protects against panic() by making sure it exists.
 func (f *LogFlag) Ok() bool {
 	if f == nil {return false}
 	return true
@@ -139,6 +139,20 @@ func (f *LogFlag) Get() bool {
 	return f.b
 }
 
+/*
+func (f *LogFlag) Set(b bool) {
+	if ! f.Ok() {}
+	f.b = b
+}
+*/
+
+// probably a better name than Get()
+// switch to this
+func (f *LogFlag) Bool() bool {
+	if ! f.Ok() {return false}
+	return f.b
+}
+
 // returns the name of the flag
 func (f *LogFlag) GetName() string {
 	if ! f.Ok() {return ""}
@@ -157,6 +171,12 @@ func (f *LogFlag) GetDesc() string {
 	return f.desc
 }
 
+// returns the description of the flag
+func (f *LogFlag) GetDefault() bool {
+	if ! f.Ok() {return false}
+	return f.orig
+}
+
 // register a variable name from a subsystem
 // inspired by Alex Flint
 // set the Default value at the time of registration
@@ -185,34 +205,3 @@ func (f *LogFlag) Set(b bool) {
 	f.b = b
 	Info("Set() f.b is now", f.b)
 }
-
-/*
-func Set(subsystem string, name string, b bool) {
-	flagsMutex.Lock()
-	defer flagsMutex.Unlock()
-	Verbose("log.Set() TODO find var:", "(" + subsystem + ")", name, "=", b)
-	for _, f := range flags {
-		Verbose("log.Set() ", "(" + f.subsystem + ")", f.name, "=", f.b, ":", f.desc)
-		if (subsystem == f.subsystem) && (name == f.name) {
-			Verbose("log.Set() FOUND ", f)
-			f.b = b
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-}
-
-func Get(subsystem string, name string) bool {
-	flagsMutex.Lock()
-	defer flagsMutex.Unlock()
-	Verbose("log.Get() TODO find var:", "(" + subsystem + ")", name)
-	for _, f := range flags {
-		Verbose("log.Get() ", "(" + f.subsystem + ")", f.name, "=", f.b, ":", f.desc)
-		if (subsystem == f.subsystem) && (name == f.name) {
-			Verbose("log.Get() FOUND ", f)
-			return f.b
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-*/