update Collection.js: for functions, make Ox.len return undefined and Ox.isEmpty return false

source/Ox/js/Collection.js

@@ -15,35 +15,22 @@ Ox.avg = function(obj) {
     return Ox.sum(obj) / Ox.len(obj);
 };
 
-/*@
+Ox.break = function() {
-Ox.contains <f> Tests if a collection contains a value
+    throw Ox.BreakError;
-    > Ox.contains(['foo', 'bar'], 'foo')
-    true
-    > Ox.contains({foo: 'bar'}, 'bar')
-    true
-    > Ox.contains({foo: 'bar'}, 'foo')
-    false
-    > Ox.contains("foobar", "bar")
-    true
-@*/ 
-Ox.contains = Ox.in = function(col, val) {
-    /*
-    // fixme: rename to Ox.has or Ox.in?
-    // then it'd become convenient for arrays
-    */
-    return (Ox.isObject(col) ? Ox.values(col) : col).indexOf(val) > -1;
 };
 
+Ox.BreakError = new SyntaxError('Illegal My.break() statement');
+
 /*@
-Ox.copy <f> Returns a (shallow or deep) copy of an object or array
+Ox.clone <f> Returns a (shallow or deep) copy of an object or array
-    > (function() { var a = ['v'], b = Ox.copy(a); a[0] = null; return b[0]; }())
+    > (function() { var a = ['v'], b = Ox.clone(a); a[0] = null; return b[0]; }())
     'v'
-    > (function() { var a = {k: 'v'}, b = Ox.copy(a); a.k = null; return b.k; }())
+    > (function() { var a = {k: 'v'}, b = Ox.clone(a); a.k = null; return b.k; }())
     'v'
     > Ox.clone(0)
     0
 @*/
-Ox.copy = Ox.clone = function(col, deep) {
+Ox.clone = Ox.copy = function(col, deep) {
     // fixme: copy or clone?
     var ret = Ox.isArray(col) ? [] : {};
     if (deep) {
@@ -59,6 +46,21 @@ Ox.copy = Ox.clone = function(col, deep) {
     return ret;
 };
 
+/*@
+Ox.contains <f> Tests if a collection contains a value
+    > Ox.contains(['foo', 'bar'], 'foo')
+    true
+    > Ox.contains({foo: 'bar'}, 'bar')
+    true
+    > Ox.contains({foo: 'bar'}, 'foo')
+    false
+    > Ox.contains("foobar", "bar")
+    true
+@*/ 
+Ox.contains = Ox.in = function(col, val) {
+    return (Ox.isObject(col) ? Ox.values(col) : col).indexOf(val) > -1;
+};
+
 /*@
 Ox.count <f> Counts the occurences of values in a collection
     > Ox.count(['f', 'o', 'o'])
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ Ox.find = function(arr, str) {
     var ret = [[], []];
     str = str.toLowerCase();
     arr.map(function(v) {
-        return v.toLowerCase();
+        return v.toLowerCase(); // fixme: don't loop twice!!
     }).forEach(function(v, i) {
         var index = v.indexOf(str);
         index > -1 && ret[index == 0 ? 0 : 1][v == str ? 'unshift' : 'push'](arr[i]);
@@ -167,6 +169,8 @@ Ox.forEach <f> forEach loop
     > Ox.test.string
     "012abcfoo"
 @*/
+// fixme: see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2641347/javascript-array-foreach-howto-break
+// maybe throwing an exception (Ox.break()?) is better than returning false
 Ox.forEach = function(col, fn, includePrototype) {
     var ind = 0, isObject = Ox.isObject(col), key;
     // Safari will not loop through an arguments array
@@ -306,7 +310,9 @@ Ox.getset = function(obj, args, callback, context) {
 }
 
 /*@
-Ox.isEmpty <f> Returns true if a collection is empty
+Ox.isEmpty <f> Tests if a value is an empty array, object or string
+    (value) -> <b> True if the value is an empty array, object or string
+    value <*> Any value
     > Ox.isEmpty([])
     true
     > Ox.isEmpty({})
@@ -314,8 +320,8 @@ Ox.isEmpty <f> Returns true if a collection is empty
     > Ox.isEmpty('')
     true
     > Ox.isEmpty(function() {})
-    true
+    false
-    > Ox.isEmpty(function(a) {})
+    > Ox.isEmpty(false)
     false
     > Ox.isEmpty(null)
     false
@@ -379,25 +385,36 @@ Ox.last = function(arr, val) {
 };
 
 /*@
-Ox.len <f> Returns the length of an array, function, object or string
+Ox.len <f> Returns the length of an array, node list, object or string
     Not to be confused with <code>Ox.length</code>, which is the
     <code>length</code> property of the <code>Ox</code> function
     (<code>1</code>). // FIXME: 1 becomes 67 in DocPanel
+    > Ox.len((function() { return arguments; }(1, 2, 3)))
+    3
     > Ox.len([1, 2, 3])
     3
     > Ox.len([,])
     1
+    > Ox.typeOf(Ox.len(document.getElementsByTagName('a')))
+    'number'
     > Ox.len({a: 1, b: 2, c: 3})
     3
-    > Ox.len(function(a, b, c) {})
-    3
     > Ox.len('abc')
     3
+    > Ox.len(function(a, b, c) {})
+    undefined
 @*/
 Ox.len = function(col) {
-    var type = Ox.typeOf(col);
+    var len, type = Ox.typeOf(col);
-    return ['array', 'function', 'string'].indexOf(type) > -1 ? col.length
+    if (
-        : type == 'object' ? Ox.values(col).length : void 0;
+        type == 'arguments' || type == 'array'
+        || type == 'nodelist' || type == 'string'
+    ) {
+        len = col.length;
+    } else if (type == 'object') {
+        len = Object.keys(col).length;
+    }
+    return len;
 };
 
 /*@
@@ -412,6 +429,7 @@ Ox.makeArray <f> Takes an array-like object and returns a true array
     > Ox.makeArray({0: "f", 1: "o", 2: "o", length: 3})
     ["f", "o", "o"]
 @*/
+// rewrite this so that it uses a try/catch test
 Ox.makeArray = /MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)
     ? function(col) {
         var i, len, ret = [];
@@ -567,6 +585,7 @@ Ox.shuffle <f> Randomizes the order of values within a collection
     > Ox.shuffle('123').split('').sort().join('')
     '123'
 @*/
+// FIXME: this doesn't actually randomize the order
 Ox.shuffle = function(col) {
     var keys, ret, type = Ox.typeOf(col), values;
     function sort() {