Alternative isFunction Implementations with verifications and several test types (v36)

Revision 36 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  var
      // used in isFunction implementations
      getClass = {}.toString,
      hasProperty = {}.hasOwnProperty,

      // Test data
      noop = function(){},
      objectToString = {}.toString,
      objectHasOwnProperty = {}.hasOwnProperty,
      expression = /Kit/g,
      browserAlert = alert,
      objectConstructor = Object,
      dateConstructor = Date,
      stringConstructor = String,
      int = 12345,
      emptyStr = "",
      longStr = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
  
  // Checks the internal [[Class]] name of the object.
  function isFunctionA(object) {
   return object && getClass.call(object) == '[object Function]';
  }
  
  // Partial duck-typing implementation by Garrett Smith.
  function isFunctionB(object) {
   if (typeof object != 'function') return false;
   var parent = object.constructor && object.constructor.prototype;
   return parent && hasProperty.call(parent, 'call');
  }
  
  // Pure duck-typing implementation taken from Underscore.js.
  function isFunctionC(object) {
   return !!(object && object.constructor && object.call && object.apply);
  }

  // Simple typeof comparison
  function isFunctionD(object) {
   return typeof(object) == 'function';
  }
  
  // Checks the internal [[Class]] name of the object.
  // (with strict equality)
  function isFunctionAb(object) {
   return object && getClass.call(object) === '[object Function]';
  }

  // Simple typeof comparison
  // (with strict equality)
  function isFunctionDb(object) {
   return typeof(object) === 'function';
  }

  //instanceOf
  function isFunctionDc(object) {
   return object instanceof Function;
  }
   

  function benchmarkIsFunction(fnc)
  {
    fnc(noop);
    fnc(objectToString);
    fnc(objectHasOwnProperty);
    fnc(expression);
    fnc(browserAlert);
    fnc(objectConstructor);
    fnc(dateConstructor);
    fnc(stringConstructor);
    fnc(int);
    fnc(emptyStr);
    fnc(longStr);
    fnc(undefined);
  }

  function verify(verified, fnc, name, data)
  {
    if(!verified && typeof console !== "undefined" && typeof console.error !== "undefined")
    {
      console.error(name + " failed the functionality test for data " + data);
    }
  }

  function verifyIsFunction(fnc, name)
  {
    verify(fnc(noop) === true, fnc, name, "noop");
    verify(fnc(objectToString) === true, fnc, name, "objectToString");
    verify(fnc(objectHasOwnProperty) === true, fnc, name, "objectHasOwnProperty");
    verify(fnc(expression) === false, fnc, name, "expression");
    verify(fnc(browserAlert) === true, fnc, name, "browserAlert");
    verify(fnc(objectConstructor) === true, fnc, name, "objectConstructor");
    verify(fnc(dateConstructor) === true, fnc, name, "dateConstructor");
    verify(fnc(stringConstructor) === true, fnc, name, "stringConstructor");
    verify(fnc(int) === false, fnc, name, "int");
    verify(fnc(emptyStr) === false, fnc, name, "emptyStr");
    verify(fnc(longStr) === false, fnc, name, "longStr");
    verify(fnc(undefined) === false, fnc, name, "undefined");
  }

  verifyIsFunction(isFunctionA, "A");
  verifyIsFunction(isFunctionB, "B");
  verifyIsFunction(isFunctionC, "C");
  verifyIsFunction(isFunctionD, "D");
  verifyIsFunction(isFunctionAb, "Ab");
  verifyIsFunction(isFunctionDb, "Db");
  verifyIsFunction(isFunctionDc, "Dc")

</script>

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isFunctionA
benchmarkIsFunction(isFunctionA)
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isFunctionD
benchmarkIsFunction(isFunctionD)
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isFunctionDc instanceof
benchmarkIsFunction(isFunctionDc)
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isFunctionAb (strict equality)
benchmarkIsFunction(isFunctionAb)
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isFunctionC
benchmarkIsFunction(isFunctionC)
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isFunctionB
benchmarkIsFunction(isFunctionB)
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isFunctionDb (strict equality)
benchmarkIsFunction(isFunctionDb)
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