RESOLVED FIXED 20803
JS objects in the console should be snapshots instead of live objects 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20803
Summary JS objects in the console should be snapshots instead of live objects
Ojan Vafai
Reported 2008-09-12 11:36:14 PDT
This matches user-expectation better and solves problems of needing to keep anonymous or otherwise unreferenced objects from being garbage collected.
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Blaze Burg
Comment 1 2014-01-26 11:44:44 PST
I don't think this should be the default. But, maybe it could be an option for some RemoteObject uses, like objects from breakpoint actions.
Radar WebKit Bug Importer
Comment 2 2014-01-26 11:44:52 PST
<rdar://problem/15911174>
Timothy Hatcher
Comment 3 2014-01-26 16:28:19 PST
Works fine now. We fixed this.
Timothy Hatcher
Comment 4 2014-01-26 16:28:32 PST
Wrong bug.
Iraê
Comment 5 2015-09-01 16:35:02 PDT
I think being the default is a good idea. I constantly have to console.log(JSON.stringify(obj)) to understand better large applications with a lot of different states. When I want just a reference to the object itself I can console.log outside of the app lifecycle or assign it to window.copyOfObj = obj;
Timothy Hatcher
Comment 6 2015-09-01 16:43:51 PDT
Is this better in the nightly / Safari 9 now that we have snapshot previews?
Timothy Hatcher
Comment 7 2016-02-18 10:35:15 PST
Object previews fixed this for what most developers expect and are satisfied with in other browsers.
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