JavaScript: like JSON.stringify but handles functions, good for creating arbitrary .js objects?

stringify.js

var stringify = function(obj, prop) {
  var placeholder = '____PLACEHOLDER____';
  var fns = [];
  var json = JSON.stringify(obj, function(key, value) {
    if (typeof value === 'function') {
      fns.push(value);
      return placeholder;
    }
    return value;
  }, 2);
  json = json.replace(new RegExp('"' + placeholder + '"', 'g'), function(_) {
    return fns.shift();
  });
  return 'this["' + prop + '"] = ' + json + ';';
};

usage.js

var foo = {
  a: function() { return 'a'; },
  b: function() { return 'b'; },
  'bar.baz': {
    'omg ponies!!': function() { return 'c'; }
  }
};

console.log(stringify(foo, 'foo'));

// this["foo"] = {
//   "a": function () { return 'a'; },
//   "b": function () { return 'b'; },
//   "bar.baz": {
//     "omg ponies!!": function () { return 'c'; }
//   }
// };

Just wanted to comment that this function has saved me more than once!

thanks a lot cowboy, javascript is more than json!

how cool, if you can get to the solution to your current problem with function, share

https://gist.github.com/jspinoza3/1805df875fe168833dddc3f7e1abbad7 ^^handles concise method syntax and fat arrows.

the link is dead, but your code was enough for me now.

This custom stringify function can be handy when you need to serialize JavaScript objects that include functions into strings for storage or transmission, while still retaining the ability to execute that's not my neighbor those functions after deserialization.