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Most of the functions in the Traffic Server API provide an interface to specific code modules within Traffic Server. The miscellaneous functions described in this chapter provide some useful general capabilities. They are as follows:
While the C library already provides functions such as
printf, malloc, and
fopen to perform these tasks, the Traffic Server
API versions overcome various C library limitations (such as portability
to all Traffic Server-supported platforms).
INKDebug prints out a formatted statement if you are running Traffic Server in debug mode.
INKIsDebugTagSet checks to see if a debug tag is set. If the debug tag is set, then Traffic Server prints out any debug statements associated with the tag.
INKError prints error messages to Traffic Server’s error log
INKAssert enables the use of assertion in a plugin.
INKReleaseAssert enables the use of assertion in a plugin.