var assert = require('assert'); var Traverse = require('traverse'); exports.stringify = function () { var obj = [ 5, 6, -3, [ 7, 8, -2, 1 ], { f : 10, g : -13 } ]; var s = ''; Traverse(obj).forEach(function (node) { if (Array.isArray(node)) { this.before(function () { s += '[' }); this.post(function (child) { if (!child.isLast) s += ','; }); this.after(function () { s += ']' }); } else if (typeof node == 'object') { this.before(function () { s += '{' }); this.pre(function (x, key) { s += '"' + key + '"' + ':'; }); this.post(function (child) { if (!child.isLast) s += ','; }); this.after(function () { s += '}' }); } else if (typeof node == 'function') { s += 'null'; } else { s += node.toString(); } }); assert.equal(s, JSON.stringify(obj)); }