[DRAFT] feat: console.table implementation

[sumitparakh]

console.table features: -

• Fall back to just logging the argument if it can’t be parsed as tabular.
• Display array in tabular format
• Display object in tabular format
• Restrict the columns shown in the table

This Pull Request fixes/closes #3806

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[jasonwilliams]

Yeah this is a good start, you'll then either need a specialized formatter or an argument to the current formatter.
IMO the current formatter is already quite big so it may be worth calling out to a new formatter just for table output.

if you were curious of other implementations, this is node.js' verison:
https://github.com/MrJithil/node/blob/92ad82bdf254392e6dfdcccc7ad29f72958c40c9/lib/internal/cli_table.js which is then called from here: https://github.com/MrJithil/node/blob/main/lib/internal/console/constructor.js#L490-L603

Node's test suite for console.table:
https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/50135/files#diff-2bf53bb51a10e86a08e5d9fb9132c2fba3446ffe06c0f05538c183a13f743750

It doesn't look like the algorithm has been formally specified, the last discussion was here:
whatwg/console#21

[sumitparakh]

Thank you @jasonwilliams for your feedback. I will look into the nodejs implementation.

[jasonwilliams]

Hey @sumitparakh how did you get on with this, are you still working on it?

[sumitparakh]

Hi @jasonwilliams , i have some new changes in my local but due to some work pressure i couldn't continue further. I will start working on this again. Sorry for taking time

[snark87]

Hi @sumitparakh @jasonwilliams , I noticed this PR has been inactive for a while. I’d love to help move this forward — would it be okay if I continue work on it in a separate PR?