Make _.result resolve values of functions as it deep crawls over them.

lodash.js

@@ -12282,17 +12282,24 @@
      * // => 'default'
      */
     function result(object, path, defaultValue) {
-      if (!isKey(path, object)) {
-        path = baseCastPath(path);
-        var result = baseGet(object, path);
-        object = parent(object, path);
-      } else {
-        result = object == null ? undefined : object[path];
+      path = isKey(path, object) ? [path] : baseCastPath(path);
+
+      var index = -1,
+          length = path.length;
+
+      if (!length) {
+        object = undefined;
+        length = 1;
       }
-      if (result === undefined) {
-        result = defaultValue;
+      while (++index < length) {
+        var value = object == null ? undefined : object[path[index]];
+        if (value === undefined) {
+          index = length;
+          value = defaultValue;
+        }
+        object = value = isFunction(value) ? value.call(object) : value;
       }
-      return isFunction(result) ? result.call(object) : result;
+      return value;
     }
 
     /**

test/test.js

@@ -18301,28 +18301,15 @@
     });
 
     QUnit.test('`_.' + methodName + '` should follow `path` over non-plain objects', function(assert) {
-      assert.expect(4);
+      assert.expect(2);
 
-      var object = { 'a': '' },
-          paths = ['constructor.prototype.a', ['constructor', 'prototype', 'a']];
+      var paths = ['a.b.c', ['a', 'b', 'c']];
 
       lodashStable.each(paths, function(path) {
-        numberProto.a = 1;
-
-        var actual = func(0, path);
-        assert.strictEqual(actual, 1);
-
+        numberProto.a = { 'b': { 'c': 1 } };
+        assert.strictEqual(func(0, path), 1);
         delete numberProto.a;
       });
-
-      lodashStable.each(['a.replace.b', ['a', 'replace', 'b']], function(path) {
-        stringProto.replace.b = 1;
-
-        var actual = func(object, path);
-        assert.strictEqual(actual, 1);
-
-        delete stringProto.replace.b;
-      });
     });
 
     QUnit.test('`_.' + methodName + '` should return the default value for `undefined` values', function(assert) {
@@ -18346,6 +18333,12 @@
 
       assert.deepEqual(actual, expected);
     });
+
+    QUnit.test('`_.' + methodName + '` should return the default value when `path` is empty', function(assert) {
+      assert.expect(1);
+
+      assert.strictEqual(func({}, [], 'a'), 'a');
+    });
   });
 
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