title: Check events in node.js event loop
body: <p>A variation of this question was already asked here on SO (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14870945/node-js-event-loop-diagnostics">node.js Event Loop Diagnostics</a>), however that thread is over a year old and stale. </p>
  
  <p>Specifically, I want to be able to peek at the node.js Event Loop at runtime, from within the node.js process, to determine the number of events pending execution.</p>
  
  <p><strong>edit:</strong>
  The results of the previous question pointed to external diagnostic tools and/or internal facilities that gave insight into the length of time it took the event queue to tick. </p>
  
  <p>Currently, I'm checking through the node.js doc's and libuv docs but nothing seems to be popping up. Was hoping there was an undocumented facility I could leverage..</p>