Optimize _.clone.

lodash.js

@@ -1353,16 +1353,46 @@
       if (typeof result != 'undefined') {
         return result;
       }
-      var isObj = isObject(value);
+      var isArr = isArray(value),
-      if (isObj) {
+          isShallow = !isDeep;
+
+      if (isArr) {
+        result = isDeep ? value.constructor(value.length) : slice(value);
+
+        // add array properties assigned by `RegExp#exec`
+        if (typeof value[0] == 'string' && hasOwnProperty.call(value, 'index')) {
+          result.index = value.index;
+          result.input = value.input;
+        }
+        if (isShallow) {
+          return result;
+        }
+      }
+      else {
+        if (!isObject(value)) {
+          return value;
+        }
         var className = toString.call(value);
         if (!cloneableClasses[className] || (!support.nodeClass && isNode(value))) {
           return value;
         }
+        var isArgs = className == argsClass || (!support.argsClass && isArguments(value)),
+            isObj = !isArgs && className == objectClass;
+
+        if (isShallow && (isArgs || isObj)) {
+          result = baseAssign({}, value);
+        }
+        if (isShallow && isObj) {
+          return result;
+        }
         var Ctor = value.constructor;
         if (className == objectClass && !(isFunction(Ctor) && (Ctor instanceof Ctor))) {
           Ctor = Object;
         }
+        if (isDeep && (isArgs || isObj)) {
+          result = new Ctor;
+        }
+        else {
           switch (className) {
             case arrayBufferClass:
               return cloneBuffer(value);
@@ -1389,10 +1419,14 @@
               result.lastIndex = value.lastIndex;
               return result;
           }
-      } else {
-        return value;
         }
-      var isArr = isArray(value);
+      }
+      if (isArgs) {
+        result.length = value.length;
+      }
+      if (isShallow) {
+        return result;
+      }
       if (isDeep) {
         // check for circular references and return corresponding clone
         stackA || (stackA = []);
@@ -1404,26 +1438,6 @@
             return stackB[length];
           }
         }
-        result = isArr ? Ctor(value.length) : new Ctor;
-      }
-      else {
-        result = isArr ? slice(value) : baseAssign({}, value);
-      }
-      if (className == argsClass || (!support.argsClass && isArguments(value))) {
-        result.length = value.length;
-      }
-      // add array properties assigned by `RegExp#exec`
-      else if (isArr) {
-        if (hasOwnProperty.call(value, 'index')) {
-          result.index = value.index;
-        }
-        if (hasOwnProperty.call(value, 'input')) {
-          result.input = value.input;
-        }
-      }
-      // exit for shallow clone
-      if (!isDeep) {
-        return result;
       }
       // add the source value to the stack of traversed objects
       // and associate it with its clone

perf/perf.js

@@ -655,6 +655,16 @@
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+  suites.push(
+    Benchmark.Suite('`_.clone` with an array')
+      .add(buildName, '\
+        lodash.clone(numbers)'
+      )
+      .add(otherName, '\
+        _.clone(numbers)'
+      )
+  );
+
   suites.push(
     Benchmark.Suite('`_.clone` with an object')
       .add(buildName, '\