Emit event while require statement fails

Question

I would like to be able to log a result of a condition:

if(time > 5) {
    emit Result("time is larger than 5");
} else {
    emit Result("time is less than 5");
}

This will work just fine, but when using a require statement:

  require(time > 5);
  emit Result("time is larger than 5");

I can only log the event in case the require succeeds.

In case the require appears in a modifier:

modifier OnlyLargerThan5() {
  require(time > 5);
  emit Result("time is larger than 5");
  _;
}

Is there a way to log both cases (Larger > 5 > Less) other then the if..else statements?

Answer 1

The if...else statement is a completely valid option, and is one I would suggest.

Something you can do, if desired, is include a message in the require statement. This would not be an event, but would looks something like this:

require(time > 5, "time is less than 5");
emit Result("time is larger than 5");