redirect-function-output-streams v0.0.2

redirect-function-output-streams

redirect stdout and/or stderr streams from within a function call. WAT!

streams are not primatives of functions--they are primatives of processes. however, it is feasible to isolate if stream content is being written within the context of a specific function's stack, and handle it.

var redirect = require('redirect-function-output-streams')
function a () {
  console.log('intercepted and streamed elsewhere')
  console.error('err msg!')
  void function a_child () {
    console.log('also intercepted and streamed elsewhere')
  }()
  somethingElse() // all other stdout writes, ...also streamed elsewhere
}
console.log('will show in stdout')
redirect({ stdout: someFileStream }, a)()

warning

• this module uses long stack traces, and consequently may create perf issues. try it, test it.
• if existing code intercepts process.std[out|err], all guarantees are off! IDEs for example, likely intercept streams before your code does, and may write anything they care to out!
• don't redirect within a redirect. that's just uncool! :)
• this module might be a mistake. maybe we should just be using process.fork(...), but hey.