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chalk 5.4.1: Handle unset input arguments and empty strings in Chalk styler functions which short-circuit to empty string rather than emitting ANSI escape sequence wrappers

Verified sample for npm chalk 5.4.1: Handle unset input arguments and empty strings in Chalk styler functions which short-circuit to empty string rather than…

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node 22 · linux alpine/x64 · docker ed25519:d91480838ac982c9 PASS compile:SKIPPED · contract:PASS · load:PASS · resolve:PASS
CONTAINER_RUN · node-typescript@1
2026-08-16
node 22 · linux alpine/x64 · docker ed25519:2175b912ea1c23b1 PASS compile:SKIPPED · contract:PASS · load:PASS · resolve:PASS
CONTAINER_RUN · node-typescript@1
2026-08-18

Case

HOW
Goal
Handle unset input arguments and empty strings in Chalk styler functions which short-circuit to empty string rather than emitting ANSI escape sequence wrappers
Packages
Symbols
  • chalk
  • Chalk
  • chalk.visible
Environment
node
Created
2026-08-16T16:08:46Z

Contract

  1. chalk.red() with an unset argument returns an empty string with no escape codes rather than the styled empty wrapper \u001b[31m\u001b[39m
  2. assert chalk.red('') returns an empty string without ANSI escape codes
  3. assert passing explicit undefined to chalk.red(undefined) coerces to literal string '\u001b[31mundefined\u001b[39m'
  4. assert passing numeric 0 or boolean false coerces each value to string and applies ANSI styling
  5. assert multi-argument styling joins arguments with a single space delimiter before applying ANSI codes
  6. assert chalk.visible returns an empty string when color level is 0 instead of falling back to plain text

Files

  • NOTES.md
  • csx.json
  • package-lock.json
  • package.json
  • src/index.mjs
  • test/contract.mjs

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