From b703b609779c87f6961abdc69df69b5fdde63777 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jelveh <nj@puter.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 19:40:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] omg this is getting out of hand

---
 src/puter-js/src/clitest.js |  1 -
 src/puter-js/src/index.js   | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/puter-js/src/clitest.js

diff --git a/src/puter-js/src/clitest.js b/src/puter-js/src/clitest.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 10ce2935c..000000000
--- a/src/puter-js/src/clitest.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-import puter from './index.js';
diff --git a/src/puter-js/src/index.js b/src/puter-js/src/index.js
index 25d4281fe..2e2275021 100644
--- a/src/puter-js/src/index.js
+++ b/src/puter-js/src/index.js
@@ -529,12 +529,34 @@ export default window.puter = (function() {
                 container = document.getElementById("--puter-printbox");
             }
 
+            // Copy args to avoid modifying the original array
+            let processedArgs = [...args];
+            
             // Check if the last argument is an options object
-            const options = typeof args[args.length - 1] === 'object' && args[args.length - 1] !== null ? args.pop() : { newline: false };
+            const lastArg = processedArgs.length > 0 ? processedArgs[processedArgs.length - 1] : null;
+            let options = { newline: false };
+            
+            if (lastArg && typeof lastArg === 'object' && lastArg !== null && 
+                !Array.isArray(lastArg) && 
+                Object.getPrototypeOf(lastArg) === Object.prototype &&
+                typeof lastArg.toString === 'undefined') {
+                options = processedArgs.pop();
+            }
 
             // Process each argument
-            for(let arg of args) {
-                container.innerText += arg;
+            for(let arg of processedArgs) {
+                // If arg has custom toString, use it
+                if (arg && typeof arg === 'object' && typeof arg.toString === 'function') {
+                    const stringValue = arg.toString();
+                    if (typeof stringValue === 'string') {
+                        container.innerText += stringValue;
+                    } else {
+                        container.innerText += String(arg);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    container.innerText += arg;
+                }
+                
                 if (options.newline) {
                     container.innerText += '\n';
                 }