When debugging node apps, I find it much more useful for the
millisecond timer to be relative to last message from the same
namespace instead of any message. This is especially true when I'm
debugging across multiple libraries or multiple levels in the same
module and I'm interested in seeing all the messages but also need to
compare times from specific levels.

Having to deal with 2 different logging mechanisms, one for debugging
and one for normal output, can be a nuisance.  It would be much easier to
always use the same facility and semantics for both.  This patch allows
an 'always enabled' namespace to be specified by appending a single '*'
to the namespace name.

var alwaysOn = require('debug')('normal:messages*');
alwaysOn('This will always display regardless of DEBUG');

…output (#408)

* Make millisecond timer namespace specific

When debugging node apps, I find it much more useful for the
millisecond timer to be relative to last message from the same
namespace instead of any message. This is especially true when I'm
debugging across multiple libraries or multiple levels in the same
module and I'm interested in seeing all the messages but also need to
compare times from specific levels.

* Enable 'always enabled' output

Having to deal with 2 different logging mechanisms, one for debugging
and one for normal output, can be a nuisance.  It would be much easier to
always use the same facility and semantics for both.  This patch allows
an 'always enabled' namespace to be specified by appending a single '*'
to the namespace name.

var alwaysOn = require('debug')('normal:messages*');
alwaysOn('This will always display regardless of DEBUG');

…output (#408)

* Make millisecond timer namespace specific

When debugging node apps, I find it much more useful for the
millisecond timer to be relative to last message from the same
namespace instead of any message. This is especially true when I'm
debugging across multiple libraries or multiple levels in the same
module and I'm interested in seeing all the messages but also need to
compare times from specific levels.

* Enable 'always enabled' output

Having to deal with 2 different logging mechanisms, one for debugging
and one for normal output, can be a nuisance.  It would be much easier to
always use the same facility and semantics for both.  This patch allows
an 'always enabled' namespace to be specified by appending a single '*'
to the namespace name.

var alwaysOn = require('debug')('normal:messages*');
alwaysOn('This will always display regardless of DEBUG');

…output (#408)

* Make millisecond timer namespace specific

When debugging node apps, I find it much more useful for the
millisecond timer to be relative to last message from the same
namespace instead of any message. This is especially true when I'm
debugging across multiple libraries or multiple levels in the same
module and I'm interested in seeing all the messages but also need to
compare times from specific levels.

* Enable 'always enabled' output

Having to deal with 2 different logging mechanisms, one for debugging
and one for normal output, can be a nuisance.  It would be much easier to
always use the same facility and semantics for both.  This patch allows
an 'always enabled' namespace to be specified by appending a single '*'
to the namespace name.

var alwaysOn = require('debug')('normal:messages*');
alwaysOn('This will always display regardless of DEBUG');