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How to pass debug flags to node with node-tap?

I'm trying to add a new test to a node module that uses node-tap (the module is dnode). What's the best way to pass the flag --expose-gc to the test script? I guess I'll have to write some wrapper, but what's the best way to do that?

Example tap test script from that project: https://github.com/substack/dnode/blob/master/test/simple.js

Solution

  • Talked about it with isaacs and wrote a pull request he'll probably merge soon: https://github.com/isaacs/tap-runner/pull/6. Now my question can be answered as follows:

    Use a shebang:

    #! node --expose-gc