Function str

client/vendors/socket.io.js:714–835

(key, holder)

  function str(key, holder) {

// Produce a string from holder[key].

      var i,          // The loop counter.
          k,          // The member key.
          v,          // The member value.
          length,
          mind = gap,
          partial,
          value = holder[key];

// If the value has a toJSON method, call it to obtain a replacement value.

      if (value instanceof Date) {
          value = date(key);
      }

// If we were called with a replacer function, then call the replacer to
// obtain a replacement value.

      if (typeof rep === 'function') {
          value = rep.call(holder, key, value);
      }

// What happens next depends on the value's type.

      switch (typeof value) {
      case 'string':
          return quote(value);

      case 'number':

// JSON numbers must be finite. Encode non-finite numbers as null.

          return isFinite(value) ? String(value) : 'null';

      case 'boolean':
      case 'null':

// If the value is a boolean or null, convert it to a string. Note:
// typeof null does not produce 'null'. The case is included here in
// the remote chance that this gets fixed someday.

          return String(value);

// If the type is 'object', we might be dealing with an object or an array or
// null.

      case 'object':

// Due to a specification blunder in ECMAScript, typeof null is 'object',
// so watch out for that case.

          if (!value) {
              return 'null';
          }