console: add support for console.debug

Adds the console.debug() method, alias for console.log(). This method is exposed by V8 and was only available in inspector until now. Also adds matching test and documentation. PR-URL: #17033 Refs: #17004 Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Khaidi Chu <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Timothy Gu <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
nodejs · Dec 11, 2017 · 40d4fee · 40d4fee
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diff --git a/doc/api/console.md b/doc/api/console.md
@@ -238,6 +238,15 @@ undefined
 >
 ```
 
+### console.debug(data[, ...args])
+<!-- YAML
+added: v8.0.0
+-->
+* `data` {any}
+* `...args` {any}
+
+The `console.debug()` function is an alias for [`console.log()`][].
+
 ### console.dir(obj[, options])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.101

diff --git a/lib/console.js b/lib/console.js
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ Console.prototype.log = function log(...args) {
 };
 
 
+Console.prototype.debug = Console.prototype.log;
+
+
 Console.prototype.info = Console.prototype.log;
 
 

diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console.js b/test/parallel/test-console.js
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ console.log('%s %s', 'foo', 'bar', 'hop');
 console.log({ slashes: '\\\\' });
 console.log(custom_inspect);
 
+// test console.debug() goes to stdout
+console.debug('foo');
+console.debug('foo', 'bar');
+console.debug('%s %s', 'foo', 'bar', 'hop');
+console.debug({ slashes: '\\\\' });
+console.debug(custom_inspect);
+
 // test console.info() goes to stdout
 console.info('foo');
 console.info('foo', 'bar');
@@ -154,6 +161,10 @@ for (const expected of expectedStrings) {
   assert.strictEqual(errStrings.shift(), `${expected}\n`);
 }
 
+for (const expected of expectedStrings) {
+  assert.strictEqual(strings.shift(), `${expected}\n`);
+}
+
 assert.strictEqual(strings.shift(),
                    "{ foo: 'bar', inspect: [Function: inspect] }\n");
 assert.strictEqual(strings.shift(),