console: do not emit error events #9744

addaleax · 2016-11-22T17:54:54Z

Checklist

make -j8 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test nosign (Windows) passes
tests and/or benchmarks are included
commit message follows commit guidelines

Affected core subsystem(s)

console

Description of change

Never fail for streams errors resulting from the console.* methods.

I know relatively little about the backstory here, so feel free to shoot this down quickly if it’s already been discussed and discarded.

/cc @Fishrock123

mcollina · 2016-11-22T18:21:40Z

lib/console.js

this 'error' function is added over and over again at every write.
I think the function should be added after stream.write synchronously, and then removed in the callback.
Beware of not allocating any new callbacks here, we will be adding strain to the gc for nothing (they can all be top level).

'error' function is added over and over again at every write.

Only if it fails? Like, maybe there’s a performance impact, but only in situations where the process current emits an uncaught exception.

I think the function should be added after stream.write synchronously, and then removed in the callback.

The error event is emitted after the callback, so I don’t think that works.

Beware of not allocating any new callbacks here, we will be adding strain to the gc for nothing (they can all be top level).

Done, thanks for pointing that out.

The error event is emitted after the callback, so I don’t think that works.

Then this PR creates a memory leak, and after a single console.log is used, any 'error' event will be swallowed.

@mcollina This is .once, not .on? If the callback sees an err argument, then that error will be emitted as an 'error' event, so the extra listener will be called and removed.

ooh, I did not notice, sorry. Add a comment there, so it's easy to understand what's going on.

mcollina

LGTM if CI is green.
Some comments needed to explain what's going on.

addaleax · 2016-11-22T20:13:57Z

Added a bit of text for clarification.

CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/6136/

Fishrock123 · 2016-11-23T15:54:12Z

Previous related discussion at #9470

I'll take a look soon but this will also necessitate console.writeUnformatted/Raw so that people writing status bars etc can also avoid EPIPE and related issues.

Fishrock123 · 2016-11-23T15:54:56Z

That would make it admittedly less browser-like but browser conformity wasn't why I revived this in the first place.

addaleax · 2016-11-23T16:11:27Z

@Fishrock123 I’m not sure how I feel about that yet, but notice how this change could also be applied as an/in an userland module. I assume the set of packages (like progress bars) which want a “safe” behaviour is quite overseeable?

Fishrock123 · 2016-11-23T16:16:02Z

You can already do this in userland by just adding an error handler to stdio streams. The point is that it would be by default.

mcollina · 2016-11-23T17:28:12Z

@Fishrock123 I've always used direct process.stdout when dealing with progress bars. Is it customary to do it via console.log? Do you have some examples of this on npm?

Maybe those are two separate things, aren't they?

jasnell · 2016-12-05T22:55:38Z

lib/console.js

hmm... can we guarantee this? For instance, if the callback ends up getting deferred by some buffering thing and some other error occurs that consumes the noop handler here....

node/lib/_stream_writable.js

Lines 338 to 347 in 0a265df

function onwriteError(stream, state, sync, er, cb) {

--state.pendingcb;

if (sync)

process.nextTick(cb, er);

else

cb(er);

stream._writableState.errorEmitted = true;

stream.emit('error', er);

}

… buffering or anything like that shouldn’t be the problem. But maybe this doesn’t work when the callback is called synchronously? I’d have to try it out but maybe @mcollina knows an answer off the top of his head?

(update: fixed link)

@addaleax, technically @jasnell has a point. You will need to wrap write in a once and removeListenerpair : in https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/lib/_stream_writable.js#L340-L346, if sync is true the error is emitted before, then after.

ugh right, thanks for pointing out the “right” solution for this… updated and added tests for both scenarios

PTAL

mcollina · 2016-12-05T23:19:38Z

lib/console.js

@addaleax, technically @jasnell has a point. You will need to wrap write in a once and removeListenerpair : in https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/lib/_stream_writable.js#L340-L346, if sync is true the error is emitted before, then after.

addaleax · 2016-12-05T23:52:13Z

new CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/6445/

mcollina

LGTM if CI is green

addaleax · 2016-12-13T18:31:00Z

@Fishrock123 Since you assigned this to yourself… what are the things you’d like to see/talk about here?

addaleax · 2017-01-04T16:27:07Z

ping @Fishrock123 ?

addaleax · 2017-01-19T07:51:08Z

@Fishrock123 It’s been a while… unless there are any objections, I’d like to land this in the next couple of days.

jasnell · 2017-01-19T16:32:44Z

lib/console.js

Rather than allocating a closure here, can this be made a top level function?

It can’t be top-level because it still needs access to the stream but I’ve attached these to the console object itself, does that work for you? It definitely avoids the closure problem.

jasnell · 2017-01-19T16:35:29Z

lib/console.js

Hmm... going back to the earlier point, is the write operation guaranteed to be complete by the time we hit this?

No but that’s not a problem. Asynchronous errors are handled from inside the callback.

jasnell · 2017-01-19T16:38:17Z

test/parallel/test-console-sync-write-error.js

It would be helpful to have additional tests that verify this works with a variety of stdout/stderr configurations (e.g. stdio as a file, stdio as a pipe, etc)

I’ve updated this with tests for something that errors asynchronously… the inner workings of console aren’t really tied to I/O at all, so I’m not sure it makes sense to add explicit tests for these

The main thing that I'm hoping for is that this would fix the issue reported in #831

addaleax · 2017-01-19T17:37:04Z

CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/7361/

addaleax · 2017-01-25T21:03:05Z

@jasnell please take another look when you have the time :)

jasnell · 2017-01-27T21:19:24Z

Reviewing now...

jasnell

A minor nit but generally LGTM

jasnell · 2017-01-27T21:42:31Z

test/parallel/test-console-async-write-error.js

Just to be on the safe side, there should likely be a check that verifies this version of write is being called. I'm not certain if common.mustCall() would work here.

@jasnell Done, good point. (Sorry for being late, must have overlooked your replies.)

Fixes: nodejs#831 Fixes: nodejs#947 Ref: nodejs#9470

addaleax · 2017-02-15T16:13:32Z

CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/7925/
CITGM: https://ci.nodejs.org/view/Node.js-citgm/job/citgm-smoker/576/
CITGM for master: https://ci.nodejs.org/view/Node.js-citgm/job/citgm-smoker/578/

jasnell · 2017-02-15T17:40:52Z

Still LGTM and +1 to semver-major

addaleax · 2017-02-15T20:30:55Z

Landed in f18e08d

Fixes: #831 Fixes: #947 Ref: #9470 PR-URL: #9744 Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <[email protected]>

Fishrock123 · 2017-02-15T21:19:18Z

I still hold that this requires us to implement a console function with equivalent functionality to process.stdout.write() but with this safety.

addaleax · 2017-02-15T21:21:21Z

@Fishrock123 Sorry, what exactly are you suggesting?

Fishrock123 · 2017-02-15T21:33:02Z

I will make a PR shortly. (hopefully)

Apply the `console: do not emit error events` changes properly to `console.dir()`. This was overlooked in f18e08d (nodejs#9744). Ref: nodejs@f18e08d#commitcomment-20934407

Apply the `console: do not emit error events` changes properly to `console.dir()`. This was overlooked in f18e08d (#9744). Ref: f18e08d#commitcomment-20934407 PR-URL: #11443 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>

litmit · 2017-02-28T07:20:21Z

This PR possible problematic.

After commit f18e08d a lot of calls console.log() cause memory leaks.

See #11568 for details.

* **Async Hooks** * The `async_hooks` module has landed in core [[`4a7233c178`](nodejs@4a7233c178)] [nodejs#12892](nodejs#12892). * **Buffer** * Using the `--pending-deprecation` flag will cause Node.js to emit a deprecation warning when using `new Buffer(num)` or `Buffer(num)`. [[`d2d32ea5a2`](nodejs@d2d32ea5a2)] [nodejs#11968](nodejs#11968). * `new Buffer(num)` and `Buffer(num)` will zero-fill new `Buffer` instances [[`7eb1b4658e`](nodejs@7eb1b4658e)] [nodejs#12141](nodejs#12141). * Many `Buffer` methods now accept `Uint8Array` as input [[`beca3244e2`](nodejs@beca3244e2)] [nodejs#10236](nodejs#10236). * **Child Process** * Argument and kill signal validations have been improved [[`97a77288ce`](nodejs@97a77288ce)] [nodejs#12348](nodejs#12348), [[`d75fdd96aa`](nodejs@d75fdd96aa)] [nodejs#10423](nodejs#10423). * Child Process methods accept `Uint8Array` as input [[`627ecee9ed`](nodejs@627ecee9ed)] [nodejs#10653](nodejs#10653). * **Console** * Error events emitted when using `console` methods are now supressed. [[`f18e08d820`](nodejs@f18e08d820)] [nodejs#9744](nodejs#9744). * **Dependencies** * The npm client has been updated to 5.0.0 [[`3c3b36af0f`](nodejs@3c3b36af0f)] [nodejs#12936](nodejs#12936). * V8 has been updated to 5.8 with forward ABI stability to 6.0 [[`60d1aac8d2`](nodejs@60d1aac8d2)] [nodejs#12784](nodejs#12784). * **Domains** * Native `Promise` instances are now `Domain` aware [[`84dabe8373`](nodejs@84dabe8373)] [nodejs#12489](nodejs#12489). * **Errors** * We have started assigning static error codes to errors generated by Node.js. 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Note that using `--debug` will enable the *new* Inspector-based debug protocol as the legacy Debugger protocol previously used by Node.js has been removed. [[`010f864426`](nodejs@010f864426)] [nodejs#12949](nodejs#12949). * Throw when the `-c` and `-e` command-line arguments are used at the same time [[`a5f91ab230`](nodejs@a5f91ab230)] [nodejs#11689](nodejs#11689). * Throw when the `--use-bundled-ca` and `--use-openssl-ca` command-line arguments are used at the same time. [[`8a7db9d4b5`](nodejs@8a7db9d4b5)] [nodejs#12087](nodejs#12087). * **Stream** * `Stream` now supports `destroy()` and `_destroy()` APIs [[`b6e1d22fa6`](nodejs@b6e1d22fa6)] [nodejs#12925](nodejs#12925). * `Stream` now supports the `_final()` API [[`07c7f198db`](nodejs@07c7f198db)] [nodejs#12828](nodejs#12828). * **TLS** * The `rejectUnauthorized` option now defaults to `true` [[`348cc80a3c`](nodejs@348cc80a3c)] [nodejs#5923](nodejs#5923). * The `tls.createSecurePair()` API now emits a runtime deprecation [[`a2ae08999b`](nodejs@a2ae08999b)] [nodejs#11349](nodejs#11349). * A runtime deprecation will now be emitted when `dhparam` is less than 2048 bits [[`d523eb9c40`](nodejs@d523eb9c40)] [nodejs#11447](nodejs#11447). * **URL** * The WHATWG URL implementation is now a fully-supported Node.js API [[`d080ead0f9`](nodejs@d080ead0f9)] [nodejs#12710](nodejs#12710). * **Util** * `Symbol` keys are now displayed by default when using `util.inspect()` [[`5bfd13b81e`](nodejs@5bfd13b81e)] [nodejs#9726](nodejs#9726). * `toJSON` errors will be thrown when formatting `%j` [[`455e6f1dd8`](nodejs@455e6f1dd8)] [nodejs#11708](nodejs#11708). * Convert `inspect.styles` and `inspect.colors` to prototype-less objects [[`aab0d202f8`](nodejs@aab0d202f8)] [nodejs#11624](nodejs#11624). * The new `util.promisify()` API has been added [[`99da8e8e02`](nodejs@99da8e8e02)] [nodejs#12442](nodejs#12442). * **Zlib** * Support `Uint8Array` in Zlib convenience methods [[`91383e47fd`](nodejs@91383e47fd)] [nodejs#12001](nodejs#12001). * Zlib errors now use `RangeError` and `TypeError` consistently [[`b514bd231e`](nodejs@b514bd231e)] [nodejs#11391](nodejs#11391).

* **Async Hooks** * The `async_hooks` module has landed in core [[`4a7233c178`](4a7233c178)] [#12892](#12892). * **Buffer** * Using the `--pending-deprecation` flag will cause Node.js to emit a deprecation warning when using `new Buffer(num)` or `Buffer(num)`. [[`d2d32ea5a2`](d2d32ea5a2)] [#11968](#11968). * `new Buffer(num)` and `Buffer(num)` will zero-fill new `Buffer` instances [[`7eb1b4658e`](7eb1b4658e)] [#12141](#12141). * Many `Buffer` methods now accept `Uint8Array` as input [[`beca3244e2`](beca3244e2)] [#10236](#10236). * **Child Process** * Argument and kill signal validations have been improved [[`97a77288ce`](97a77288ce)] [#12348](#12348), [[`d75fdd96aa`](d75fdd96aa)] [#10423](#10423). * Child Process methods accept `Uint8Array` as input [[`627ecee9ed`](627ecee9ed)] [#10653](#10653). * **Console** * Error events emitted when using `console` methods are now supressed. [[`f18e08d820`](f18e08d820)] [#9744](#9744). * **Dependencies** * The npm client has been updated to 5.0.0 [[`3c3b36af0f`](3c3b36af0f)] [#12936](#12936). * V8 has been updated to 5.8 with forward ABI stability to 6.0 [[`60d1aac8d2`](60d1aac8d2)] [#12784](#12784). * **Domains** * Native `Promise` instances are now `Domain` aware [[`84dabe8373`](84dabe8373)] [#12489](#12489). * **Errors** * We have started assigning static error codes to errors generated by Node.js. This has been done through multiple commits and is still a work in progress. * **File System** * The utility class `fs.SyncWriteStream` has been deprecated [[`7a55e34ef4`](7a55e34ef4)] [#10467](#10467). * The deprecated `fs.read()` string interface has been removed [[`3c2a9361ff`](3c2a9361ff)] [#9683](#9683). * **HTTP** * Improved support for userland implemented Agents [[`90403dd1d0`](90403dd1d0)] [#11567](#11567). * Outgoing Cookie headers are concatenated into a single string [[`d3480776c7`](d3480776c7)] [#11259](#11259). * The `httpResponse.writeHeader()` method has been deprecated [[`fb71ba4921`](fb71ba4921)] [#11355](#11355). * New methods for accessing HTTP headers have been added to `OutgoingMessage` [[`3e6f1032a4`](3e6f1032a4)] [#10805](#10805). * **Lib** * All deprecation messages have been assigned static identifiers [[`5de3cf099c`](5de3cf099c)] [#10116](#10116). * The legacy `linkedlist` module has been removed [[`84a23391f6`](84a23391f6)] [#12113](#12113). * **N-API** * Experimental support for the new N-API API has been added [[`56e881d0b0`](56e881d0b0)] [#11975](#11975). * **Process** * Process warning output can be redirected to a file using the `--redirect-warnings` command-line argument [[`03e89b3ff2`](03e89b3ff2)] [#10116](#10116). * Process warnings may now include additional detail [[`dd20e68b0f`](dd20e68b0f)] [#12725](#12725). * **REPL** * REPL magic mode has been deprecated [[`3f27f02da0`](3f27f02da0)] [#11599](#11599). * **Src** * `NODE_MODULE_VERSION` has been updated to 57 (ec7cbaf266)] [#12995](#12995). * Add `--pending-deprecation` command-line argument and `NODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION` environment variable [[`a16b570f8c`](a16b570f8c)] [#11968](#11968). * The `--debug` command-line argument has been deprecated. Note that using `--debug` will enable the *new* Inspector-based debug protocol as the legacy Debugger protocol previously used by Node.js has been removed. [[`010f864426`](010f864426)] [#12949](#12949). * Throw when the `-c` and `-e` command-line arguments are used at the same time [[`a5f91ab230`](a5f91ab230)] [#11689](#11689). * Throw when the `--use-bundled-ca` and `--use-openssl-ca` command-line arguments are used at the same time. [[`8a7db9d4b5`](8a7db9d4b5)] [#12087](#12087). * **Stream** * `Stream` now supports `destroy()` and `_destroy()` APIs [[`b6e1d22fa6`](b6e1d22fa6)] [#12925](#12925). * `Stream` now supports the `_final()` API [[`07c7f198db`](07c7f198db)] [#12828](#12828). * **TLS** * The `rejectUnauthorized` option now defaults to `true` [[`348cc80a3c`](348cc80a3c)] [#5923](#5923). * The `tls.createSecurePair()` API now emits a runtime deprecation [[`a2ae08999b`](a2ae08999b)] [#11349](#11349). * A runtime deprecation will now be emitted when `dhparam` is less than 2048 bits [[`d523eb9c40`](d523eb9c40)] [#11447](#11447). * **URL** * The WHATWG URL implementation is now a fully-supported Node.js API [[`d080ead0f9`](d080ead0f9)] [#12710](#12710). * **Util** * `Symbol` keys are now displayed by default when using `util.inspect()` [[`5bfd13b81e`](5bfd13b81e)] [#9726](#9726). * `toJSON` errors will be thrown when formatting `%j` [[`455e6f1dd8`](455e6f1dd8)] [#11708](#11708). * Convert `inspect.styles` and `inspect.colors` to prototype-less objects [[`aab0d202f8`](aab0d202f8)] [#11624](#11624). * The new `util.promisify()` API has been added [[`99da8e8e02`](99da8e8e02)] [#12442](#12442). * **Zlib** * Support `Uint8Array` in Zlib convenience methods [[`91383e47fd`](91383e47fd)] [#12001](#12001). * Zlib errors now use `RangeError` and `TypeError` consistently [[`b514bd231e`](b514bd231e)] [#11391](#11391).

# Console  > Stability: 2 - Stable  The `node:console` module provides a simple debugging console that is similar to the JavaScript console mechanism provided by web browsers. The module exports two specific components: * A `Console` class with methods such as `console.log()`, `console.error()`, and `console.warn()` that can be used to write to any Node.js stream. * A global `console` instance configured to write to [`process.stdout`][] and [`process.stderr`][]. The global `console` can be used without calling `require('node:console')`. _**Warning**_: The global console object's methods are neither consistently synchronous like the browser APIs they resemble, nor are they consistently asynchronous like all other Node.js streams. Programs that desire to depend on the synchronous / asynchronous behavior of the console functions should first figure out the nature of console's backing stream. This is because the stream is dependent on the underlying platform and standard stream configuration of the current process. See the [note on process I/O][] for more information. Example using the global `console`: ```js console.log('hello world'); // Prints: hello world, to stdout console.log('hello %s', 'world'); // Prints: hello world, to stdout console.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened')); // Prints error message and stack trace to stderr: // Error: Whoops, something bad happened // at [eval]:5:15 // at Script.runInThisContext (node:vm:132:18) // at Object.runInThisContext (node:vm:309:38) // at node:internal/process/execution:77:19 // at [eval]-wrapper:6:22 // at evalScript (node:internal/process/execution:76:60) // at node:internal/main/eval_string:23:3 const name = 'Will Robinson'; console.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`); // Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to stderr ``` Example using the `Console` class: ```js const out = getStreamSomehow(); const err = getStreamSomehow(); const myConsole = new console.Console(out, err); myConsole.log('hello world'); // Prints: hello world, to out myConsole.log('hello %s', 'world'); // Prints: hello world, to out myConsole.error(new Error('Whoops, something bad happened')); // Prints: [Error: Whoops, something bad happened], to err const name = 'Will Robinson'; myConsole.warn(`Danger ${name}! Danger!`); // Prints: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!, to err ``` ## Class: `Console`   The `Console` class can be used to create a simple logger with configurable output streams and can be accessed using either `require('node:console').Console` or `console.Console` (or their destructured counterparts): ```mjs import { Console } from 'node:console'; ``` ```cjs const { Console } = require('node:console'); ``` ```js const { Console } = console; ``` ### `new Console(stdout[, stderr][, ignoreErrors])` ### `new Console(options)`  * `options` {Object} * `stdout` {stream.Writable} * `stderr` {stream.Writable} * `ignoreErrors` {boolean} Ignore errors when writing to the underlying streams. **Default:** `true`. * `colorMode` {boolean|string} Set color support for this `Console` instance. Setting to `true` enables coloring while inspecting values. Setting to `false` disables coloring while inspecting values. Setting to `'auto'` makes color support depend on the value of the `isTTY` property and the value returned by `getColorDepth()` on the respective stream. This option can not be used, if `inspectOptions.colors` is set as well. **Default:** `'auto'`. * `inspectOptions` {Object} Specifies options that are passed along to [`util.inspect()`][]. * `groupIndentation` {number} Set group indentation. **Default:** `2`. Creates a new `Console` with one or two writable stream instances. `stdout` is a writable stream to print log or info output. `stderr` is used for warning or error output. If `stderr` is not provided, `stdout` is used for `stderr`. ```mjs import { createWriteStream } from 'node:fs'; import { Console } from 'node:console'; // Alternatively // const { Console } = console; const output = createWriteStream('./stdout.log'); const errorOutput = createWriteStream('./stderr.log'); // Custom simple logger const logger = new Console({ stdout: output, stderr: errorOutput }); // use it like console const count = 5; logger.log('count: %d', count); // In stdout.log: count 5 ``` ```cjs const fs = require('node:fs'); const { Console } = require('node:console'); // Alternatively // const { Console } = console; const output = fs.createWriteStream('./stdout.log'); const errorOutput = fs.createWriteStream('./stderr.log'); // Custom simple logger const logger = new Console({ stdout: output, stderr: errorOutput }); // use it like console const count = 5; logger.log('count: %d', count); // In stdout.log: count 5 ``` The global `console` is a special `Console` whose output is sent to [`process.stdout`][] and [`process.stderr`][]. It is equivalent to calling: ```js new Console({ stdout: process.stdout, stderr: process.stderr }); ``` ### `console.assert(value[, ...message])`  * `value` {any} The value tested for being truthy. * `...message` {any} All arguments besides `value` are used as error message. `console.assert()` writes a message if `value` is [falsy][] or omitted. It only writes a message and does not otherwise affect execution. The output always starts with `"Assertion failed"`. If provided, `message` is formatted using [`util.format()`][]. If `value` is [truthy][], nothing happens. ```js console.assert(true, 'does nothing'); console.assert(false, 'Whoops %s work', 'didn\'t'); // Assertion failed: Whoops didn't work console.assert(); // Assertion failed ``` ### `console.clear()`  When `stdout` is a TTY, calling `console.clear()` will attempt to clear the TTY. When `stdout` is not a TTY, this method does nothing. The specific operation of `console.clear()` can vary across operating systems and terminal types. For most Linux operating systems, `console.clear()` operates similarly to the `clear` shell command. On Windows, `console.clear()` will clear only the output in the current terminal viewport for the Node.js binary. ### `console.count([label])`  * `label` {string} The display label for the counter. **Default:** `'default'`. Maintains an internal counter specific to `label` and outputs to `stdout` the number of times `console.count()` has been called with the given `label`.  ```js > console.count() default: 1 undefined > console.count('default') default: 2 undefined > console.count('abc') abc: 1 undefined > console.count('xyz') xyz: 1 undefined > console.count('abc') abc: 2 undefined > console.count() default: 3 undefined > ``` ### `console.countReset([label])`  * `label` {string} The display label for the counter. **Default:** `'default'`. Resets the internal counter specific to `label`.  ```js > console.count('abc'); abc: 1 undefined > console.countReset('abc'); undefined > console.count('abc'); abc: 1 undefined > ``` ### `console.debug(data[, ...args])`  * `data` {any} * `...args` {any} The `console.debug()` function is an alias for [`console.log()`][]. ### `console.dir(obj[, options])`  * `obj` {any} * `options` {Object} * `showHidden` {boolean} If `true` then the object's non-enumerable and symbol properties will be shown too. **Default:** `false`. * `depth` {number} Tells [`util.inspect()`][] how many times to recurse while formatting the object. This is useful for inspecting large complicated objects. To make it recurse indefinitely, pass `null`. **Default:** `2`. * `colors` {boolean} If `true`, then the output will be styled with ANSI color codes. Colors are customizable; see [customizing `util.inspect()` colors][]. **Default:** `false`. Uses [`util.inspect()`][] on `obj` and prints the resulting string to `stdout`. This function bypasses any custom `inspect()` function defined on `obj`. ### `console.dirxml(...data)`  * `...data` {any} This method calls `console.log()` passing it the arguments received. This method does not produce any XML formatting. ### `console.error([data][, ...args])`  * `data` {any} * `...args` {any} Prints to `stderr` with newline. Multiple arguments can be passed, with the first used as the primary message and all additional used as substitution values similar to printf(3) (the arguments are all passed to [`util.format()`][]). ```js const code = 5; console.error('error #%d', code); // Prints: error nodejs#5, to stderr console.error('error', code); // Prints: error 5, to stderr ``` If formatting elements (e.g. `%d`) are not found in the first string then [`util.inspect()`][] is called on each argument and the resulting string values are concatenated. See [`util.format()`][] for more information. ### `console.group([...label])`  * `...label` {any} Increases indentation of subsequent lines by spaces for `groupIndentation` length. If one or more `label`s are provided, those are printed first without the additional indentation. ### `console.groupCollapsed()`  An alias for [`console.group()`][]. ### `console.groupEnd()`  Decreases indentation of subsequent lines by spaces for `groupIndentation` length. ### `console.info([data][, ...args])`  * `data` {any} * `...args` {any} The `console.info()` function is an alias for [`console.log()`][]. ### `console.log([data][, ...args])`  * `data` {any} * `...args` {any} Prints to `stdout` with newline. Multiple arguments can be passed, with the first used as the primary message and all additional used as substitution values similar to printf(3) (the arguments are all passed to [`util.format()`][]). ```js const count = 5; console.log('count: %d', count); // Prints: count: 5, to stdout console.log('count:', count); // Prints: count: 5, to stdout ``` See [`util.format()`][] for more information. ### `console.table(tabularData[, properties])`  * `tabularData` {any} * `properties` {string\[]} Alternate properties for constructing the table. Try to construct a table with the columns of the properties of `tabularData` (or use `properties`) and rows of `tabularData` and log it. Falls back to just logging the argument if it can't be parsed as tabular. ```js // These can't be parsed as tabular data console.table(Symbol()); // Symbol() console.table(undefined); // undefined console.table([{ a: 1, b: 'Y' }, { a: 'Z', b: 2 }]); // ┌─────────┬─────┬─────┐ // │ (index) │ a │ b │ // ├─────────┼─────┼─────┤ // │ 0 │ 1 │ 'Y' │ // │ 1 │ 'Z' │ 2 │ // └─────────┴─────┴─────┘ console.table([{ a: 1, b: 'Y' }, { a: 'Z', b: 2 }], ['a']); // ┌─────────┬─────┐ // │ (index) │ a │ // ├─────────┼─────┤ // │ 0 │ 1 │ // │ 1 │ 'Z' │ // └─────────┴─────┘ ``` ### `console.time([label])`  * `label` {string} **Default:** `'default'` Starts a timer that can be used to compute the duration of an operation. Timers are identified by a unique `label`. Use the same `label` when calling [`console.timeEnd()`][] to stop the timer and output the elapsed time in suitable time units to `stdout`. For example, if the elapsed time is 3869ms, `console.timeEnd()` displays "3.869s". ### `console.timeEnd([label])`  * `label` {string} **Default:** `'default'` Stops a timer that was previously started by calling [`console.time()`][] and prints the result to `stdout`: ```js console.time('bunch-of-stuff'); // Do a bunch of stuff. console.timeEnd('bunch-of-stuff'); // Prints: bunch-of-stuff: 225.438ms ``` ### `console.timeLog([label][, ...data])`  * `label` {string} **Default:** `'default'` * `...data` {any} For a timer that was previously started by calling [`console.time()`][], prints the elapsed time and other `data` arguments to `stdout`: ```js console.time('process'); const value = expensiveProcess1(); // Returns 42 console.timeLog('process', value); // Prints "process: 365.227ms 42". doExpensiveProcess2(value); console.timeEnd('process'); ``` ### `console.trace([message][, ...args])`  * `message` {any} * `...args` {any} Prints to `stderr` the string `'Trace: '`, followed by the [`util.format()`][] formatted message and stack trace to the current position in the code. ```js console.trace('Show me'); // Prints: (stack trace will vary based on where trace is called) // Trace: Show me // at repl:2:9 // at REPLServer.defaultEval (repl.js:248:27) // at bound (domain.js:287:14) // at REPLServer.runBound [as eval] (domain.js:300:12) // at REPLServer.<anonymous> (repl.js:412:12) // at emitOne (events.js:82:20) // at REPLServer.emit (events.js:169:7) // at REPLServer.Interface._onLine (readline.js:210:10) // at REPLServer.Interface._line (readline.js:549:8) // at REPLServer.Interface._ttyWrite (readline.js:826:14) ``` ### `console.warn([data][, ...args])`  * `data` {any} * `...args` {any} The `console.warn()` function is an alias for [`console.error()`][]. ## Inspector only methods The following methods are exposed by the V8 engine in the general API but do not display anything unless used in conjunction with the [inspector][] (`--inspect` flag). ### `console.profile([label])`  * `label` {string} This method does not display anything unless used in the inspector. The `console.profile()` method starts a JavaScript CPU profile with an optional label until [`console.profileEnd()`][] is called. The profile is then added to the **Profile** panel of the inspector. ```js console.profile('MyLabel'); // Some code console.profileEnd('MyLabel'); // Adds the profile 'MyLabel' to the Profiles panel of the inspector. ``` ### `console.profileEnd([label])`  * `label` {string} This method does not display anything unless used in the inspector. Stops the current JavaScript CPU profiling session if one has been started and prints the report to the **Profiles** panel of the inspector. See [`console.profile()`][] for an example. If this method is called without a label, the most recently started profile is stopped. ### `console.timeStamp([label])`  * `label` {string} This method does not display anything unless used in the inspector. The `console.timeStamp()` method adds an event with the label `'label'` to the **Timeline** panel of the inspector. [`console.error()`]: #consoleerrordata-args [`console.group()`]: #consolegrouplabel [`console.log()`]: #consolelogdata-args [`console.profile()`]: #consoleprofilelabel [`console.profileEnd()`]: #consoleprofileendlabel [`console.time()`]: #consoletimelabel [`console.timeEnd()`]: #consoletimeendlabel [`process.stderr`]: process.md#processstderr [`process.stdout`]: process.md#processstdout [`util.format()`]: util.md#utilformatformat-args [`util.inspect()`]: util.md#utilinspectobject-options [customizing `util.inspect()` colors]: util.md#customizing-utilinspect-colors [falsy]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Falsy [inspector]: debugger.md [note on process I/O]: process.md#a-note-on-process-io [truthy]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Truthy

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console: do not emit error events

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Fixes: nodejs#831 Fixes: nodejs#947 Ref: nodejs#9470

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console.log no longer EPIPEs in Node@14 (but process.stdout.write does) mhart/epipebomb#10

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	function onwriteError(stream, state, sync, er, cb) {
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	if (sync)
	process.nextTick(cb, er);
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	cb(er);

	stream._writableState.errorEmitted = true;
	stream.emit('error', er);
	}

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