How to dynamically set a function/object name in Javascript as it is displayed in Chrome

Question

This is something which has been bugging me with the Google Chrome debugger and I was wondering if there was a way to solve it.

I\'m working on a large Javascript ap

Answer 1

I think this is the best way to dynamically set the name of a function :

   Function.prototype.setName = function (newName) {
       Object.defineProperty(this,'name', {
          get : function () { 
              return newName; 
          }
       });
    }

Now you just need to call the setName method

function foo () { }
foo.name; // returns 'foo'

foo.setName('bar');
foo.name; // returns 'bar'

foo.name = 'something else';
foo.name; // returns 'bar'

foo.setName({bar : 123});
foo.name; // returns {bar : 123}