Printing the constructor name for non-plain objects

Author: Daniel Wolf

index.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var setSize = hasSet && setSizeDescriptor && typeof setSizeDescriptor.get === 'f
 var setForEach = hasSet && Set.prototype.forEach;
 var booleanValueOf = Boolean.prototype.valueOf;
 var objectToString = Object.prototype.toString;
+var getPrototype = Object.getPrototypeOf || function(o) { return o.__proto__; };
 
 var inspectCustom = require('./util.inspect').custom;
 var inspectSymbol = (inspectCustom && isSymbol(inspectCustom)) ? inspectCustom : null;
@@ -112,9 +113,12 @@ module.exports = function inspect_ (obj, opts, depth, seen) {
         return markBoxed(inspect(String(obj)));
     }
     if (!isDate(obj) && !isRegExp(obj)) {
+        var typeString = getTypeString(obj);
+        var prefix = typeString ? typeString + ' ' : '';
         var xs = arrObjKeys(obj, inspect);
-        if (xs.length === 0) return '{}';
-        return '{ ' + xs.join(', ') + ' }';
+        return xs.length === 0
+            ? prefix + '{}'
+            : prefix + '{ ' + xs.join(', ') + ' }';
     }
     return String(obj);
 };
@@ -237,3 +241,34 @@ function arrObjKeys (obj, inspect) {
     }
     return xs;
 }
+
+// Returns the object's constructor name or null if it is a plain object
+// or doesn't have a prototype.
+function getTypeString(o) {
+    if (Object.prototype.toString(o) !== '[object Object]') return null;
+    var prototype = getPrototype(o);
+    if (!prototype) return null;
+
+    var constructorName = o.constructor ? o.constructor.name : null;
+    var isPlainObject = constructorName === 'Object' && looksLikeObjectPrototype(prototype);
+    if (isPlainObject) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    return constructorName;
+}
+
+// Indicates whether the specified object appears to be Object.prototype,
+// regardless of the object's realm.
+function looksLikeObjectPrototype(o) {
+  if (o === Object.prototype) return true;
+
+  // Cross-realm objects use a different Object, so we have to use a heuristic.
+  return !getPrototype(o)
+      && o.hasOwnProperty('hasOwnProperty')
+      && o.hasOwnProperty('isPrototypeOf')
+      && o.hasOwnProperty('propertyIsEnumerable')
+      && o.hasOwnProperty('toLocaleString')
+      && o.hasOwnProperty('toString')
+      && o.hasOwnProperty('valueOf');
+}

test/typed.js

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+var inspect = require('../');
+var test = require('tape');
+
+test('prototype is Object.prototype', function (t) {
+    t.plan(1);
+    var obj = {};
+    t.equal(inspect(obj), '{}');
+});
+
+test('prototype is null', function (t) {
+    t.plan(1);
+    var obj = Object.create(null);
+    t.equal(inspect(obj), '{}');
+});
+
+test('prototype from new', function (t) {
+    t.plan(1);
+    function Foo() {}
+    var obj = new Foo();
+    t.equal(inspect(obj), 'Foo {}');
+});