QUESTION:
Is it worth it to have events in your token? Each transaction usually has the event inside it meaning more gas is spent for the users (which is bad). I don't have a full picture of all the good events bring to the picture so it's hard for me to decide whether to include them in tokens I code.
ELABORATING:
After a lot of digging, I came to understand that events (such as those in the ERC-20 token standard) are just logs that provide an easier way for Apps to check what is happening with your token, but don't provide any functionality in terms of making the token work. For instance, here is a subset of code from the ERC-20 Token Standard:
function transfer(address _to, uint _value) returns (bool success);
event Transfer(address indexed _from, address indexed _to, uint _value);
First line is the declaration of the transfer function, while the second is the declaration of the Transfer event. In terms of transactions, the ERC-20 token does just fine without a Transfer event. So why should events even be included if they add gas costs to each transaction? I don't know what the good sides are of having events, and if they outweigh the bad sides, which is why I pose this question.