Bug 1342526 quotes and escapes strings in the console. This makes pprint so ugly: > pprint(['a','b','c','d']) " 0: \"a\" 1: \"b\" 2: \"c\" 3: \"d\"" In the old console it was much better: > pprint(['a','b','c','d']) " 0: "a" 1: "b" 2: "c" 3: "d"" And before bug 1342526 it was perfect: > pprint(['a','b','c','d']) 0: "a" 1: "b" 2: "c" 3: "d"

According to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Web_Console/Helpers#pprint: pprint() Formats the specified value in a readable way; this is useful for dumping the contents of objects and arrays. I'm not sure of the value of keeping pprint as a separate function. What do you think of aliasing pprint to console.log or console.dir instead of keeping a different implementation for it?

I just don't see the point in escaping the quotes. I expect the console to show the characters in my string, not some kind of pseudo-string-literal. Neither Chrome nor Edge escape quotes, and Firefox didn't do it before. Why the change?

Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.

This is not a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox (i.e. it's present), so I'm reopening it.