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 Working TODO list:
 
+ - make *trace-level* a command-line parameter
+
  - Error handling
    need to perform much more error handling of input code. one of the biggest is to report if a function is passed the wrong number of arguments, as this will result in segfauls, bad transport errors, etc downstream if it is allowed.