Converting arguments to an array (v4)

Revision 4 of this benchmark created by tj on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  function arrayProtoSlice() {
      return Array.prototype.slice.apply(arguments);
  }
  function arrayLiteralSlice() {
      return [].slice.apply(arguments);
  }

  var slice = [].slice;
  function closure() {
    return slice.call(arguments);
  }

  function splice() {
      return [].splice.call(arguments, 0);
  }
  function push() {
      var x = [];
      x.push.apply(x, arguments);
      return x;
  }
  function unshift() {
      var x = [];
      x.unshift.apply(x, arguments);
      return x;
  }
  var bigArray = ((new Array(1000)).join("a,") + "a").split(",");
  
  unshift.apply(null, bigArray).length === bigArray.length || alert('unshift broken');
  push.apply(null, bigArray).length === bigArray.length || alert('push broken');
  splice.apply(null, bigArray).length === bigArray.length || alert('splice broken');
  arrayProtoSlice.apply(null, bigArray).length === bigArray.length || alert('arrayProtoSlice broken');
  arrayLiteralSlice.apply(null, bigArray).length === bigArray.length || alert('arrayLiteralSlice broken');
  
</script>

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Array prototype slice
arrayProtoSlice.apply(null, bigArray);
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Array literal slice
arrayLiteralSlice.apply(null, bigArray);
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Array push
push.apply(null, bigArray);
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Array splice
splice.apply(null, bigArray);
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Unshift
unshift.apply(null, bigArray);
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Closure
closure.apply(null, bigArray);
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