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Get a repeatable, readable version of the source of an object
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source_for.coffee
{inspect} = require 'util'
source_for = (obj, level=[]) ->
source = ""
Object.keys(obj).sort().forEach (k) ->
indent = level.join('')
if typeof obj[k] == 'function'
source += indent + k + ": " +Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, k).value.toString() + "\n"
else if typeof obj[k] == 'object'
source += indent + k + ":\n" + source_for(obj[k], level.concat(' '))
else
source += indent + k + ": " + inspect(obj[k]) + "\n"
return source
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