Very strange behavior when copying util.inspect to a new Object

[indexzero]

I can't even begin to understand what's going on here:

$ node
> var util = require('util')
> var x = {};
> x
{}
> x.inspect = util.inspect;
[Function]
> x
2
> 

[indexzero]

I can confirm the same behavior in 0.4.x and 0.6.x

[isaacs]

The issue is that the sys.inspect function checks for obj.inspect to see if you have some custom inspection. If so, it calls it with the depth, and some other args. Those args are interpreted by sys.inspect to be inspecting the number 2. Crazy, huh?

It checks now for whether or not the object === exports. Maybe instead, it should check for if object.inspect === exports.inspect.

[koichik]

Related to #410

[TooTallNate]

I've added a fix for this in #2226. Credit goes to @indexzero for the test case and @isaacs for the fix.

[indutny]

Ha! I knew it! :)