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Set inspect.defaultOptions using environment variables #12693

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deadbeef84 opened this issue Apr 27, 2017 · 7 comments
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Set inspect.defaultOptions using environment variables #12693

deadbeef84 opened this issue Apr 27, 2017 · 7 comments
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feature request Issues that request new features to be added to Node.js. util Issues and PRs related to the built-in util module.

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deadbeef84 commented Apr 27, 2017 •
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  • Version: v6.9.1
  • Platform: Linux jesper-UX303LB 4.4.0-72-generic 93-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 31 14:07:41 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  • Subsystem: util

I really like the addition of util.inspect.defaultOptions, but what would be even nicer would be some way to specify these using environment variables. That way no code changes would have to be made to specify these and on a local development machine one could set their default preference easily.

I'm suggesting the following environment variables:

NODE_INSPECT_SHOWHIDDEN
NODE_INSPECT_DEPTH
NODE_INSPECT_COLORS
NODE_INSPECT_CUSTOMINSPECT
NODE_INSPECT_SHOWPROXY
NODE_INSPECT_MAXARRAYLENGTH
NODE_INSPECT_BREAKLENGTH
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mscdex commented Apr 27, 2017

-1 I can see this easily being a slippery slope for a multitude of other options for other core modules as well.

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cjihrig commented Apr 27, 2017

-1 from me as well.

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node -r set-console-options.js

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deadbeef84 commented Apr 27, 2017 •
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node -r set-console-options.js

Yes, this is what I'm currently using. However, that doesn't work when running projects using tooling (forever, pm2, nodemon, gulp, etc).

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I'd rather do those in a .noderc file, than to add a load of environment variables, but generally it's not really clear to me which set of options shall take precedence. If user-defined options are taken, it can be dangerous because it can alter program behaviour unexpectedly, and if the script-defined options are taken, the user is not really in control which isn't great.

I think we should actually re-evaluate our defaults. I run into depth and maxArrayLength limits very often when debugging in the REPL and I think having more acceptable defaults might be the best option in the long run.

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jasnell commented Apr 27, 2017

@deadbeef84 ... we just recently landed the NODE_OPTIONS environment variable. That can be used to set a -r whatever.js that should work with each of those tools.

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Trott commented Aug 4, 2017

Hi, @deadbeef84! Thanks for making the feature request and explaining the use case. It sounds like NODE_OPTIONS has this covered so I'm going to close this. If I'm mistaken about that, please comment (or, if GitHub permits, re-open). Thanks!

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BridgeAR added a commit to BridgeAR/node that referenced this issue Jan 16, 2018
@BridgeAR
stream: add custom inspect to BufferList
9d39581 
Currently inspecting the BufferList can result a maximum call stack
size error. Adding a individual inspect function prevents this.

PR-URL: nodejs#17907
Refs: nodejs#12693
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
BridgeAR added a commit to BridgeAR/node that referenced this issue Jan 16, 2018
@BridgeAR
util: change util.inspect depth default
b994b8e 
The current default is not ideal in most use cases. Therefore it is
changed to showing unlimited depth in case util.inspect is called
directly. The default is kept as before for console.log and similar.

Using console.dir will now show a depth of up to five and
console.assert / console.trace will show a unlimited depth.

PR-URL: nodejs#17907
Refs: nodejs#12693
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
BridgeAR added a commit to BridgeAR/node that referenced this issue Jan 16, 2018
@BridgeAR
util: change %o depth default
8f15309 
Since the default for depth is changed to `Infinity` it is logical
to change the %o default to the same as well.

Using %o with `util.format` will now always print the whole object.

PR-URL: nodejs#17907
Refs: nodejs#12693
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
BridgeAR added a commit to BridgeAR/node that referenced this issue Sep 24, 2018
@BridgeAR
util: change util.inspect depth default
b6fa43d 
The current default is not ideal in most use cases. Therefore it is
changed to inspect objects to a maximum depth of 20 in case
util.inspect is called with it's defaults. The default is kept at 2
when using console.log() and similar in the repl.

PR-URL: nodejs#17907
Refs: nodejs#12693
BridgeAR added a commit to BridgeAR/node that referenced this issue Sep 24, 2018
@BridgeAR
util: change %o depth default
fdfcd24 
Since the default for depth is changed to `20` it is logical
to change the %o default as well. It will now always use the
default depth.

PR-URL: nodejs#17907
Refs: nodejs#12693
BridgeAR added a commit to BridgeAR/node that referenced this issue Oct 2, 2018
@BridgeAR
util: change util.inspect depth default
ac7450a 
The current default is not ideal in most use cases. Therefore it is
changed to inspect objects to a maximum depth of 20 in case
util.inspect is called with it's defaults. The default is kept at 2
when using console.log() and similar in the repl.

PR-URL: nodejs#17907
Refs: nodejs#12693

PR-URL: nodejs#22846
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Denys Otrishko <shishugi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Roman Reiss <me@silverwind.io>
BridgeAR added a commit to BridgeAR/node that referenced this issue Oct 2, 2018
@BridgeAR
util: change %o depth default
1a1fe53 
Since the default for depth is changed to `20` it is logical
to change the %o default as well. It will now always use the
default depth.

PR-URL: nodejs#17907
Refs: nodejs#12693

PR-URL: nodejs#22846
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Denys Otrishko <shishugi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Roman Reiss <me@silverwind.io>
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