Access all declared variables in global namespace in globalThis

[ganeshkbhat]

What is the problem this feature will solve?

Access all declared variables (primitives or objects) in global namespace in globalThis. It will give access to all const's, var's, function's, let's declarations in one pre-defined, read-only globalThis.global definition. Currently, it is not accessible. Only global declarations of node.js environments are available.`

What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?

Access all declared variables (primitives or objects) in global namespace in globalThis. It will give access to all const's, var's, function's, let's declarations in one pre-defined, read-only globalThis.global definition.

What alternatives have you considered?

None. The only other alternative is to write a javascript file regex parser to get all declarations of const's, var's, function's, let's declarations

[ganeshkbhat]

Would you consider this use case as well along with access to finding declarations? #47099 (comment)

[aduh95]

Can you give a specific example of code and what would be the expected behavior?

[bnoordhuis]

Read up on the built-in inspector module, it probably does what you want. Some assembly required.

[ganeshkbhat]

@bnoordhuis adding to this, it seems like/ behaviour none of the variable's, let's, const's, function's declaration made in the code already without using declarations like global.variable is not accessible from globals even as read-only which should not be the case. A presence of this or access to v8/v8.dev#717 or #45158 can lead to better AST or (read-only) access to variables.

I am seeing acorn: 8.10.0 here. What is this and what is the relevance here? Any way to access this in the newer versions of nodejs?

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