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18 changes: 17 additions & 1 deletion doc/api/util.md
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## `util.debuglog(section)`
## `util.debuglog(section[, callback])`
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* `section` {string} A string identifying the portion of the application for
which the `debuglog` function is being created.
* `callback` {Function} A callback invoked the first time the logging function
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is called with a function argument that is a more optimized logging function.
* Returns: {Function} The logging function

The `util.debuglog()` method is used to create a function that conditionally
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Multiple comma-separated `section` names may be specified in the `NODE_DEBUG`
environment variable: `NODE_DEBUG=fs,net,tls`.

The optional `callback` argument can be used to replace the logging function
with a different function that doesn't have any initialization or
unnecessary wrapping.

```js
const util = require('util');
let makeInternalsPublic = false;
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const debuglog = util.debuglog('internals', (debug) => {
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// replace with a logging function that optimizes out
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// testing if the section is enabled
debuglog = debug;
});
```

## `util.deprecate(fn, msg[, code])`
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