lib: print to stdout/stderr directly instead of using console

This patch adds an internal function that prints to stdout or
stderr by directly writing to the known file descriptor, and
uses it internally in common cases to avoid the overhead
of the console implementation.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/27320
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/internal/main/repl.js b/lib/internal/main/repl.js
index 980893f9c34..58afb2be987 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/repl.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/repl.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const {
   evalScript
 } = require('internal/process/execution');
 
-const console = require('internal/console/global');
+const { print, kStderr, kStdout } = require('internal/util/print');
 
 const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@ markBootstrapComplete();
 
 // --input-type flag not supported in REPL
 if (getOptionValue('--input-type')) {
-  // If we can't write to stderr, we'd like to make this a noop,
-  // so use console.error.
-  console.error('Cannot specify --input-type for REPL');
+  print(kStderr, 'Cannot specify --input-type for REPL');
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
-console.log(`Welcome to Node.js ${process.version}.\n` +
-  'Type ".help" for more information.');
+print(kStdout, `Welcome to Node.js ${process.version}.\n` +
+               'Type ".help" for more information.');
 
 const cliRepl = require('internal/repl');
 cliRepl.createInternalRepl(process.env, (err, repl) => {