util: inspect all prototypes

It is currently difficult to distinguish multiple objects from each
other because the prototype is not properly inspected. From now on
all prototypes will be inspected, even if we do not fully know how
they will look like / what their shape really is.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/24974
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/24917
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anto Aravinth <anto.aravinth.cse@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 4e8e4d4730..256a4a8b06 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ function getEmptyFormatArray() {
   return [];
 }
 
-function getConstructorName(obj) {
+function getConstructorName(obj, ctx) {
   let firstProto;
   while (obj) {
     const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, 'constructor');
@@ -341,10 +341,11 @@ function getConstructorName(obj) {
   if (firstProto === null) {
     return null;
   }
-  // TODO(BridgeAR): Improve prototype inspection.
-  // We could use inspect on the prototype itself to improve the output.
 
-  return '';
+  return `<${inspect(firstProto, {
+    ...ctx,
+    customInspect: false
+  })}>`;
 }
 
 function getPrefix(constructor, tag, fallback) {
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@ function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
   }
 
   if (ctx.stop !== undefined) {
-    const name = getConstructorName(value) || value[Symbol.toStringTag];
+    const name = getConstructorName(value, ctx) || value[Symbol.toStringTag];
     return ctx.stylize(`[${name || 'Object'}]`, 'special');
   }
 
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@ function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
 function formatRaw(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
   let keys;
 
-  const constructor = getConstructorName(value);
+  const constructor = getConstructorName(value, ctx);
   let tag = value[Symbol.toStringTag];
   if (typeof tag !== 'string')
     tag = '';