+// \\\ transitional placeholder function until we have promoted all invocations
+mkws.log = function(x) { _log(mkws.logger.debug, "LEGACY LOG: " + x) };
+/*
+trace("message with severity trace");
+debug("message with severity debug");
+info("message with severity info");
+warn("message with severity warn");
+error("message with severity error");
+fatal("message with severity fatal");
+*/
+
+
+