What I expect to happen when I do `console.log(obj)` is that it called `obj.toString()` which means I'd expect it to print `[object Object]` and that if I wanted to see all the values I'd have to either serialize the object `console.log(JSON.stringify(obj))` or manually generate a string `console.log(`field1: ${obj.field1}, field2: ${obj.field2}`);
The fact that the browser provides me this convenience of a link to an expandable live object is a bonus feature. I'm glad it doesn't try to deep copy the object. If it did it would make console.log useless because of the performance overhead.
If you want to capture all the fields then `console.log({...obj})` would work. But of course any of those fields that are references to objects will be live. I wouldn't expect any thing else. A print function shouldn't be required to figure out if your deep references are circular which would be required if you wanted deep copies.
The fact that the browser provides me this convenience of a link to an expandable live object is a bonus feature. I'm glad it doesn't try to deep copy the object. If it did it would make console.log useless because of the performance overhead.
If you want to capture all the fields then `console.log({...obj})` would work. But of course any of those fields that are references to objects will be live. I wouldn't expect any thing else. A print function shouldn't be required to figure out if your deep references are circular which would be required if you wanted deep copies.