Bug 142999 – Web Inspector: ES6: Provide a better view for Classes in the console

• Component: Web Inspector
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Joseph Pecoraro]

* SUMMARY
Provide a better view of classes in the console when referred to by the class name / constructor function.

* TEST
If I have a "var myClass = class Foo { /* ... */ };" and I console.log(myClass) or write `myClass` in the console, I want to view the API of the class, not the constructor function. If I really want to see the function, I can `myClass.toString()`.

* NOTES
- WebKit currently just shows the toString of the constructor function
- Firefox currently shows the toString of the constructor function
- Chrome currently shows the toString of the entire class

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/20271520>

[Joseph Pecoraro]

Created attachment 249314 [details]
[PATCH] Proposed Fix

I'm hitting some mysterious crashes, but I don't know if they are my changes. Regardless I will not land this without figuring out what is causing those.

[Joseph Pecoraro]

Created attachment 249315 [details]
[IMAGE] Class View

This is the basic class view we see right now. It is basically a re-purposed API view. Ultimately we will probably want something better to show all static functions, and all methods.

[Timothy Hatcher]

Comment on attachment 249314 [details]
[PATCH] Proposed Fix

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=249314&action=review

I think the "A prototype" and "B prototype" toggle buttons should say "class" in ClassAPI mode. Maybe we need a badge or type treatment for static once you have them?

> LayoutTests/inspector/model/remote-object-expected.txt:4100
> +  "_description": "ReferenceError: Can't find variable: person"

Oops?

> Source/WebInspectorUI/UserInterface/Views/ObjectTreeView.js:96
> +    ClassAPI: Symbol("object-tree--class-api"),        // API view without an object instance, can not invoke getters.

Double hyphen.

[Joseph Pecoraro]

http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/182047