func (_tailer *Tailer) loop() {
	transcript.TraceDebugging("running tailer...")
	var _error error
	var _offset int64
	transcript.TraceDebugging("opening tailer file...")
	_tailer.file, _error = os.Open(_tailer.path)
	if _error != nil {
		transcript.TraceError("error encountered while opening tailer file; aborting...")
		panic(_error)
	}
	defer _tailer.file.Close()
	_offset, _error = _tailer.file.Seek(0, os.SEEK_END)
	if _error != nil {
		transcript.TraceWarning("error encountered while positioning tailer file; ignoring...")
	}
	_tailer.pushIdentifier, _tailer.pushChannel = _tailer.router.CreateInbound()
	defer _tailer.router.UnregisterInbound(_tailer.pushIdentifier)
	_reader := bufio.NewReader(_tailer.file)
	for _counter := 0; ; _counter += 1 {
		_line, _error := _reader.ReadBytes('\n')
		if _error == io.EOF {
			time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
			continue
		}
		if _error != nil {
			transcript.TraceError("error encountered while reading tailer file; aborting...")
			panic(_error)
		}
		if (_counter == 0) && (_offset != 0) {
			continue
		}
		_tailer.pushChannel <- Event{Payload: _line}
	}
}
func (_router *router) handleEvent(_event Event) {
	transcript.TraceDebugging("routing event...")
	for _, _channel := range _router.outboundChannels {
		select {
		case _channel <- _event:
		default:
			transcript.TraceWarning("channel buffer overflow...")
		}
	}
}