InteractiveUtils: add minsize option to varinfo (#42116)

stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/InteractiveUtils.jl

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ include("macros.jl")
 include("clipboard.jl")
 
 """
-    varinfo(m::Module=Main, pattern::Regex=r""; all::Bool = false, imported::Bool = false, sortby::Symbol = :name)
+    varinfo(m::Module=Main, pattern::Regex=r""; all::Bool = false, imported::Bool = false, sortby::Symbol = :name, minsize::Int = 0)
 
 Return a markdown table giving information about exported global variables in a module, optionally restricted
 to those matching `pattern`.
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ The memory consumption estimate is an approximate lower bound on the size of the
 - `imported` : also list objects explicitly imported from other modules.
 - `recursive` : recursively include objects in sub-modules, observing the same settings in each.
 - `sortby` : the column to sort results by. Options are `:name` (default), `:size`, and `:summary`.
+- `minsize` : only includes objects with size at least `minsize` bytes. Defaults to `0`.
 """
-function varinfo(m::Module=Main, pattern::Regex=r""; all::Bool = false, imported::Bool = false, sortby::Symbol = :name, recursive::Bool = false)
+function varinfo(m::Module=Main, pattern::Regex=r""; all::Bool = false, imported::Bool = false, sortby::Symbol = :name, recursive::Bool = false, minsize::Int=0)
     sortby in (:name, :size, :summary) || throw(ArgumentError("Unrecognized `sortby` value `:$sortby`. Possible options are `:name`, `:size`, and `:summary`"))
     rows = Vector{Any}[]
     workqueue = [(m, ""),]
@@ -54,7 +55,9 @@ function varinfo(m::Module=Main, pattern::Regex=r""; all::Bool = false, imported
                     ss = summarysize(value)
                     (format_bytes(ss), ss)
                 end
-            push!(rows, Any[string(prep, v), ssize_str, summary(value), ssize])
+            if ssize >= minsize
+                push!(rows, Any[string(prep, v), ssize_str, summary(value), ssize])
+            end
         end
     end
     let (col, rev) = if sortby == :name

stdlib/InteractiveUtils/test/runtests.jl

@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ end
 let v = repr(varinfo(_test_varinfo_, all = true, recursive = true))
     @test occursin("inner_x", v)
 end
+let v = repr(varinfo(_test_varinfo_, all = true, minsize = 9))
+    @test !occursin("x_exported", v) # excluded: 8 bytes
+    @test occursin("a_smaller", v)
+end
 
 # Issue 14173
 module Tmp14173