raise

raise
=====

Send a signal to the current process (see raise(3))

Installation
------------

npm install raise

Usage
-----

`` js
var raise = require('raise');

// unceremoniously end this process
raise('SIGKILL');
`

Uses
----

This can be useful for debugging purposes. A lot of times I've used DTrace
to pause a process when it hits a certain code path so I can inspect its
memory. With this module, you can simply add a raise statement where
you would like to send a signal to the process.

` js
var raise = require('raise');

var a = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
a.push(a); // obvious bug

// say you thought this function was a problem, but you couldn't identify why,
// pause the process on the 10th iteration to coredump and inspect the memory
if (i === 10) raise('SIGSTOP');
}
``

License
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MIT