A function name is only configurable from v8 >= v.4.3

changelog.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Features
 -  Updated [redis-parser](https://github.com/NodeRedis/redis-parser) dependency ([changelog](https://github.com/NodeRedis/redis-parser/releases/tag/v.2.0.0))
  -  The JS parser is from now on the new default as it is a lot faster than the hiredis parser
  -  This is no BC as there is no changed behavior for the user at all but just a performance improvement. Explicitly requireing the Hiredis parser is still possible.
--  Added name property to all Redis functions
+-  Added name property to all Redis functions (Node.js >= 4.0)
 
 Bugfixes
 

lib/commands.js

@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ var commands = require('redis-commands');
 var Multi = require('./multi');
 var RedisClient = require('../').RedisClient;
 var Command = require('./command');
+// Feature detect if a function may change it's name
+var changeFunctionName = (function () {
+    var fn = function abc () {};
+    try {
+        Object.defineProperty(fn, 'name', {
+            value: 'foobar'
+        });
+        return true;
+    } catch (e) {
+        return false;
+    }
+}());
 
 // TODO: Rewrite this including the invidual commands into a Commands class
 // that provided a functionality to add new commands to the client
@@ -45,10 +57,12 @@ commands.list.forEach(function (command) {
             }
             return this.internal_send_command(new Command(command, arr, callback));
         };
+        if (changeFunctionName) {
             Object.defineProperty(RedisClient.prototype[command], 'name', {
                 value: command
             });
         }
+    }
 
     // Do not override existing functions
     if (!Multi.prototype[command]) {
@@ -86,8 +100,10 @@ commands.list.forEach(function (command) {
             this.queue.push(new Command(command, arr, callback));
             return this;
         };
+        if (changeFunctionName) {
             Object.defineProperty(Multi.prototype[command], 'name', {
                 value: command
             });
         }
+    }
 });