feature request: accept a boolean param called eg "log" or "execute"

[nickleus]

var log = false;
console.log(log, "doesn't log to console");
log = true;
console.log(log, "does log to console");
...
var headerLogging = false;
var footerLogging = true;

function headerCode() {
// do stuff
console.log(headerLogging, "someObj",someObj);
// do more stuff
console.log(headerLogging, "anotherObj",anotherObj);
}

function footerCode() {
// do stuff
console.log(footerLogging, "someObj",someObj);
// do more stuff
console.log(footerLogging, "anotherObj",anotherObj);
}

would b extremely helpful, instead of having to comment out "console.log()" lines in my code.
or is there an existing/better way of doing this?

[past]

It doesn't buy us much compared to:

shouldLog && console.log("shouldLog was true");

Others like to wrap console.log in a function that can be manipulated in runtime:

function log(shouldLog, ...params) {
    if (shouldLog) {
        console.log(...params);
    }
}

Also, changing an API in such a backwards incompatible way is always frowned upon.

[nickleus]

@past (facepalm) brilliant, thx! this can b closed.