util: throw toJSON errors when formatting %j #11708

TimothyGu · 2017-03-06T07:00:52Z

Documentation says:

%j - JSON. Replaced with the string '[Circular]' if the argument contains circular references.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe because of that this is a semver-patch.

Checklist

make -j4 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test (Windows) passes
tests and/or benchmarks are included
commit message follows commit guidelines

Affected core subsystem(s)

util

TimothyGu · 2017-03-06T07:01:23Z

CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/6723/

lpinca · 2017-03-06T07:43:18Z

I'm not sure about the "semverness". I think it's semver-major.

addaleax · 2017-03-06T11:18:18Z

Not sure about whether this should be semver-major or not, too … @nodejs/ctc?

addaleax · 2017-03-06T11:39:06Z

CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/8294/ (Sorry, didn’t see you had already started one. Doesn’t hurt, I suppose… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
CITGM: https://ci.nodejs.org/view/Node.js-citgm/job/citgm-smoker/629/

targos · 2017-03-06T11:50:35Z

Not sure either. I guess we can stay on the safe side and label it semver-major.
Is there currently another way to make the function throw? If the answer is "no", it's possible that someone relies on the fact that it never throws.

cjihrig

LGTM. I'd say semver patch because the current behavior is incorrect.

TimothyGu · 2017-03-06T14:32:29Z

@targos

> util.format('%s', { toString() { throw new Error(); } });
Error
    at Object.toString (repl:1:40)
    at String (<anonymous>)
    at Object.exports.format (util.js:105:18)
    at repl:1:6

targos · 2017-03-06T15:20:42Z

@TimothyGu thank you. Then I'm +1 for semver-patch.

TimothyGu · 2017-03-08T01:37:14Z

I changed my mind, and now I think this really is a semver-major change, since util.format (and consequently, console.log etc.) now errors out on certain cases that heretofore did not. Even if the former behavior was incorrect, this may still break user's code.

That said, there are already four CTC members who approved this PR, but I'm going to mark it as ctc-review anyway.

TimothyGu · 2017-03-11T02:29:12Z

Landed in 455e6f1.

Previously all errors resulting from JSON.stringify were treated as a proof for circularity of the object structure. That is not the case if the `toJSON` method of the object throws an error. Explicitly check for the exact error message when determining the object structure's cyclicity. PR-URL: #11708 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

Previously all errors resulting from JSON.stringify were treated as a proof for circularity of the object structure. That is not the case if the `toJSON` method of the object throws an error. Explicitly check for the exact error message when determining the object structure's cyclicity. PR-URL: nodejs#11708 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>

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