Make life a little more sparkly.

lib/src/log.dart

Index: lib/src/log.dart
diff --git a/lib/src/log.dart b/lib/src/log.dart
index 3f31a39d212d328de629256d83f980f134ca6d08..a235f05bca35d3a070b1ac047ddf239b39cef416 100644
--- a/lib/src/log.dart
+++ b/lib/src/log.dart
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Verbosity verbosity = Verbosity.NORMAL;
 /// Whether or not to log entries with prejudice.
 bool withPrejudice = false;
 
+/// Whether or not to log entries sparklily.
+bool sparkle = false;
+
 /// In cases where there's a ton of log spew, make sure we don't eat infinite
 /// memory.
 ///
@@ -53,11 +56,15 @@ final _green = getSpecial('\u001b[32m');
 final _magenta = getSpecial('\u001b[35m');
 final _red = getSpecial('\u001b[31m');
 final _yellow = getSpecial('\u001b[33m');
+final _blue = getSpecial('\u001b[34m');
 final _gray = getSpecial('\u001b[1;30m');
 final _none = getSpecial('\u001b[0m');
 final _noColor = getSpecial('\u001b[39m');
 final _bold = getSpecial('\u001b[1m');
 
+/// All color codees.
+var _allColors = [_cyan, _green, _magenta, _red, _yellow, _blue, ''];
+
 /// An enum type for defining the different logging levels a given message can
 /// be associated with.
 ///
@@ -243,15 +250,24 @@ final _capitalizedAnsiEscape = new RegExp(r'\u001b\[\d+(;\d+)?M');
 
 /// Returns [string] formatted as it would be if it were logged.
 String format(String string) {
-  if (!withPrejudice) return string;
+  if (sparkle) {
+    string = string.replaceAllMapped(new RegExp(r'.'), (match) {
+      var char = "${choose(_allColors)}${match[0]}$_noColor";
+      return (withPrejudice || random.nextBool()) ? char : "$_bold$char$_none";
+    });
+  }
 
-  // [toUpperCase] can corrupt terminal colorings, so fix them up using
-  // [replaceAllMapped].
-  string = string.toUpperCase().replaceAllMapped(_capitalizedAnsiEscape,
-      (match) => match[0].toLowerCase());
+  if (withPrejudice) {
+    // [toUpperCase] can corrupt terminal colorings, so fix them up using
+    // [replaceAllMapped].
+    string = string.toUpperCase().replaceAllMapped(_capitalizedAnsiEscape,
+        (match) => match[0].toLowerCase());
 
-  // Don't use [bold] because it's disabled under [withPrejudice].
-  return "$_bold$string$_none";
+    // Don't use [bold] because it's disabled under [withPrejudice].
+    string = "$_bold$string$_none";
+  }
+
+  return string;
 }
 
 /// Logs an asynchronous IO operation.
@@ -454,7 +470,7 @@ void collapsible(String message, String template) {
 ///
 /// This is disabled under [withPrejudice] since all text is bold with
 /// prejudice.
-String bold(text) => withPrejudice ? text : "$_bold$text$_none";
+String bold(text) => (withPrejudice || sparkle) ? "$text" : "$_bold$text$_none";
 
 /// Wraps [text] in the ANSI escape codes to make it gray when on a platform
 /// that supports that.
@@ -463,40 +479,43 @@ String bold(text) => withPrejudice ? text : "$_bold$text$_none";
 ///
 /// The gray marker also enables bold, so it needs to be handled specially with
 /// [withPrejudice] to avoid disabling bolding entirely.
-String gray(text) =>
-    withPrejudice ? "$_gray$text$_noColor" : "$_gray$text$_none";
+String gray(text) {
+  if (sparkle) return "$text";
+  if (withPrejudice) return "$_gray$text$_noColor";
+  return "$_gray$text$_none";
+}
 
 /// Wraps [text] in the ANSI escape codes to color it cyan when on a platform
 /// that supports that.
 ///
 /// Use this to highlight something interesting but neither good nor bad.
-String cyan(text) => "$_cyan$text$_noColor";
+String cyan(text) => sparkle ? "$text" : "$_cyan$text$_noColor";
 
 /// Wraps [text] in the ANSI escape codes to color it green when on a platform
 /// that supports that.
 ///
 /// Use this to highlight something successful or otherwise positive.
-String green(text) => "$_green$text$_noColor";
+String green(text) => sparkle ? "$text" : "$_green$text$_noColor";
 
 /// Wraps [text] in the ANSI escape codes to color it magenta when on a
 /// platform that supports that.
 ///
 /// Use this to highlight something risky that the user should be aware of but
 /// may intend to do.
-String magenta(text) => "$_magenta$text$_noColor";
+String magenta(text) => sparkle ? "$text" : "$_magenta$text$_noColor";
 
 /// Wraps [text] in the ANSI escape codes to color it red when on a platform
 /// that supports that.
 ///
 /// Use this to highlight unequivocal errors, problems, or failures.
-String red(text) => "$_red$text$_noColor";
+String red(text) => sparkle ? "$text" : "$_red$text$_noColor";
 
 /// Wraps [text] in the ANSI escape codes to color it yellow when on a platform
 /// that supports that.
 ///
 /// Use this to highlight warnings, cautions or other things that are bad but
 /// do not prevent the user's goal from being reached.
-String yellow(text) => "$_yellow$text$_noColor";
+String yellow(text) => sparkle ? "$text" : "$_yellow$text$_noColor";
 
 /// Log function that prints the message to stdout.
 void _logToStdout(Entry entry) {