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function-location
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Description
You can retrieve the path of a class or function using this library, and it supports not only node command but also
ts-node.
Installation
npm install function-location
Usage
import { locateV8 } from 'function-location';
class TestClass {
}
function TestFunction() {
}
locateV8(TestClass);
locateV8(TestFunction);
Return Value
The locateV8() function returns the source file path of the currently executing function as a string.
License
This library is licensed under the MIT license.
FAQs
Retrieve `[[FunctionLocation]]` from V8.
We found that function-location demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 28 Oct 2023
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