Provide a `process.setTitle()` function
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- JavaScript
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Description
What is the problem this feature will solve?
The process title can only be set via proccess.title. Problems with it:
- Setter APIs like it are weird and legacy, it's a side-effect that may look like a code smell
- Doesn't work with destructuring, setter is not triggered:
import {title} from "node:process"; title = "title";
What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?
import {setTitle} from "node:process";
setTitle("title");
What alternatives have you considered?
None available
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the existing process.title API documentation and the node:process entry point described in the issue. Compare the proposed setTitle("title") usage with the current process.title behavior, then identify the relevant implementation and tests. Done means the new API is exposed and documented, with coverage showing that it sets the process title.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, nodejs
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100