Function to string without istanbul in runtime

[andrew-aladev]

Hello, we are working with web workers:

function inlineWorker () { ... }

const data = `(${inlineWorker}) ...`
const worker = new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(new Blob(data, ....)))

Istanbul is poisoning inlineWorker with cov_${id}++; and worker fails. So we have to add istanbul ignore But it means that inlineWorker will be uncovered. So we are using workaround: function copy.

// can be covered outside worker
export function inlineWorker () { ... }

// istanbul ignore next
function inlineWorkerCopy () { ... }

const data = `(${inlineWorkerCopy}) ...`
const worker = new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(new Blob(data, ....)))

This workaround is ugly but works fine.

We can see here that istanbul ignore comments are not enough for everyday usage. Please add switch to disable istanbul in runtime. It may be inlineWorker.toString({ istanbul: false }) or inlineWorker_without_istanbul.toString(), etc. Thank you.

#310 may be related.

[fatemeh-fo]

let useIstanbul = true; // Set this flag to enable or disable Istanbul

export function inlineWorker() {
// Your inline worker code here
if (useIstanbul) {
// Instrumentation for Istanbul coverage
cov_${id}++;
}
}

function inlineWorkerCopy() {
// Your copy of the inline worker code without Istanbul instrumentation
}

const data = (${useIstanbul ? inlineWorker : inlineWorkerCopy}) ...;
const worker = new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([data])));