Fix remove circular dependency in _.create by adding baseCreate.

dist/lodash.underscore.js

@@ -372,6 +372,29 @@
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+  /**
+   * The base implementation of `_.create` without support for assigning
+   * properties to the created object.
+   *
+   * @private
+   * @param {Object} prototype The object to inherit from.
+   * @returns {Object} Returns the new object.
+   */
+  function baseCreate(prototype, properties) {
+    return isObject(prototype) ? nativeCreate(prototype) : {};
+  }
+  // fallback for browsers without `Object.create`
+  if (!nativeCreate) {
+    baseCreate = function(prototype) {
+      if (isObject(prototype)) {
+        noop.prototype = prototype;
+        var result = new noop;
+        noop.prototype = null;
+      }
+      return result || {};
+    };
+  }
+
   /**
    * The base implementation of `_.createCallback` without support for creating
    * "_.pluck" or "_.where" style callbacks.
@@ -716,7 +739,7 @@
         }
         if (this instanceof bound) {
           // ensure `new bound` is an instance of `func`
-          thisBinding = create(func.prototype);
+          thisBinding = baseCreate(func.prototype);
 
           // mimic the constructor's `return` behavior
           // http://es5.github.io/#x13.2.2
@@ -973,54 +996,6 @@
       : value;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Creates an object that inherits from the given `prototype` object. If a
-   * `properties` object is provided its own enumerable properties are assigned
-   * to the created object.
-   *
-   * @static
-   * @memberOf _
-   * @category Objects
-   * @param {Object} prototype The object to inherit from.
-   * @param {Object} [properties] The properties to assign to the object.
-   * @returns {Object} Returns the new object.
-   * @example
-   *
-   * function Shape() {
-   *   this.x = 0;
-   *   this.y = 0;
-   * }
-   *
-   * function Circle() {
-   *   Shape.call(this);
-   * }
-   *
-   * Circle.prototype = _.create(Shape.prototype, { 'constructor': Circle });
-   *
-   * var circle = new Circle;
-   * circle instanceof Circle
-   * // => true
-   *
-   * circle instanceof Shape
-   * // => true
-   */
-  function create(prototype, properties) {
-    var result = isObject(prototype) ? nativeCreate(prototype) : {};
-    return properties ? assign(result, properties) : result;
-  }
-  // fallback for browsers without `Object.create`
-  if (!nativeCreate) {
-    create = function(prototype) {
-      if (isObject(prototype)) {
-        noop.prototype = prototype;
-        var result = new noop;
-        noop.prototype = null;
-      }
-      result || (result = {});
-      return properties ? assign(result, properties) : result;
-    };
-  }
-
   /**
    * Assigns own enumerable properties of source object(s) to the destination
    * object for all destination properties that resolve to `undefined`. Once a