Listing all available targets?

[jehon]

Hello

I would like to list all targets that are available for debug.

I would suggest a list of the strings used:

const debugFactory = require('debug');
var a = debugFactory('worker:a');
console.log(debugFactory.getAllAvailableTargets());
// result:
// [ "worker:a" ]
// or
// [ "worker", "worker:a" ]

I have read the comments of the #255, that is suggesting that it would be a memory leak. Is that so? If we cache the "keys" and not the objects, I don't think that it would be a memory leak?

I could submit a PR if this idea is accepted.

[Qix-]

If this is just for debugging purposes, require('debug').names will give you the list of regexes that match the enabled namespaces.

Otherwise, this would be storing strings indefinitely, which might leak given the current implementation. #678 has more information about that, and #425 currently discusses .enable() a bit more too.

I'll consider this but right now it's not something I want to support until v5.

[jehon]

Thanks Qix,

I will see if I can help on the memory leak, as a first step before discussing this one :-)

I hope your house move was fine, your new job is great and your family bring you hapiness !

Have a nice day

[Qix-]

Sorry for the delayed response - thank you for the kind words @jehon ^^