loopdb: make new loopdb package to house persistent storage

loopdb/log.go

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+package loopdb
+
+import (
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btclog"
+)
+
+// log is a logger that is initialized with no output filters.  This means
+// the package will not perform any logging by default until the caller
+// requests it.
+var log btclog.Logger
+
+// The default amount of logging is none.
+func init() {
+	DisableLog()
+}
+
+// DisableLog disables all library log output.  Logging output is disabled
+// by default until either UseLogger or SetLogWriter are called.
+func DisableLog() {
+	log = btclog.Disabled
+}
+
+// UseLogger uses a specified Logger to output package logging info.
+// This should be used in preference to SetLogWriter if the caller is also
+// using btclog.
+func UseLogger(logger btclog.Logger) {
+	log = logger
+}
+
+// logClosure is used to provide a closure over expensive logging operations so
+// don't have to be performed when the logging level doesn't warrant it.
+type logClosure func() string
+
+// String invokes the underlying function and returns the result.
+func (c logClosure) String() string {
+	return c()
+}
+
+// newLogClosure returns a new closure over a function that returns a string
+// which itself provides a Stringer interface so that it can be used with the
+// logging system.
+func newLogClosure(c func() string) logClosure {
+	return logClosure(c)
+}