Expose _.noop. [closes #380]

lodash.js

@@ -390,15 +390,6 @@
     return typeof value.toString != 'function' && typeof (value + '') == 'string';
   }
 
-  /**
-   * A no-operation function.
-   *
-   * @private
-   */
-  function noop() {
-    // no operation performed
-  }
-
   /**
    * Releases the given array back to the array pool.
    *
@@ -1133,14 +1124,18 @@
     }
     // 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 || {};
-      };
+      baseCreate = (function() {
+        function Object() {}
+
+        return function(prototype) {
+          if (isObject(prototype)) {
+            Object.prototype = prototype;
+            var result = new Object;
+            Object.prototype = null;
+          }
+          return result || context.Object();
+        };
+      }());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -6134,6 +6129,22 @@
       return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A no-operation function.
+     *
+     * @static
+     * @memberOf _
+     * @category Utilities
+     * @example
+     *
+     * var object = { 'name': 'fred' };
+     * _.noop(object) === undefined;
+     * // => true
+     */
+    function noop() {
+      // no operation performed
+    }
+
     /**
      * Converts the given value into an integer of the specified radix.
      * If `radix` is `undefined` or `0` a `radix` of `10` is used unless the
@@ -6754,6 +6765,7 @@
     lodash.lastIndexOf = lastIndexOf;
     lodash.mixin = mixin;
     lodash.noConflict = noConflict;
+    lodash.noop = noop;
     lodash.parseInt = parseInt;
     lodash.random = random;
     lodash.reduce = reduce;

test/test.js

@@ -3791,15 +3791,14 @@
       }
     });
 
-    test('should return `false` for non objects', 3, function() {
-      var expected = _.map(falsey, function() { return false; });
+    test('should return `false` for non objects', 1, function() {
+      var values = falsey.concat('a', true),
+          expected = _.map(values, function() { return false; });
 
-      var actual = _.map(falsey, function(value, index) {
+      var actual = _.map(values, function(value, index) {
         return index ? _.isObject(value) : _.isObject();
       });
 
-      strictEqual(_.isObject(true), false);
-      strictEqual(_.isObject('a'), false);
       deepEqual(actual, expected);
     });
 
@@ -4761,6 +4760,23 @@
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+  QUnit.module('lodash.noop');
+
+  (function() {
+    test('should always return `undefined`', 1, function() {
+      var values = falsey.concat([], true, new Date, _, {}, /x/, 'a'),
+          expected = _.map(values, function() { return undefined; });
+
+      var actual = _.map(values, function(value, index) {
+        return index ? _.noop(value) : _.noop();
+      });
+
+      deepEqual(actual, expected);
+    });
+  }());
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
   QUnit.module('lodash.omit');
 
   (function() {
@@ -5609,7 +5625,9 @@
           expected = _.map(falsey, function() { return undefined; });
 
       _.forEach(falsey, function(value, index) {
-        actual.push(index ? _.result(value) : _.result());
+        try {
+          actual.push(index ? _.result(value) : _.result());
+        } catch(e) { }
       });
 
       deepEqual(actual, expected);
@@ -7657,7 +7675,7 @@
 
     var acceptFalsey = _.difference(allMethods, rejectFalsey);
 
-    test('should accept falsey arguments', 148, function() {
+    test('should accept falsey arguments', 149, function() {
       var isExported = '_' in root,
           oldDash = root._;