From 98b0c4127f16b0501b4073bd54b75959526df931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emil Lerch <emil@lerch.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 15:41:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add generic dump function - handy for printf debugging

---
 src/json.zig | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/json.zig b/src/json.zig
index 58aa632..9934069 100644
--- a/src/json.zig
+++ b/src/json.zig
@@ -1324,6 +1324,14 @@ pub const Value = union(enum) {
     }
 };
 
+pub fn dump(value: anytype) void {
+    var held = std.debug.getStderrMutex().acquire();
+    defer held.release();
+
+    const stderr = std.io.getStdErr().writer();
+    std.json.stringify(value, std.json.StringifyOptions{ .whitespace = null }, stderr) catch return;
+}
+
 test "Value.jsonStringify" {
     {
         var buffer: [10]u8 = undefined;