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Superfast JavaScript forEach function
function forEach(arr, fn) {
var impl = fn.toString();
var m = impl.match(/function \((\w+),?\s*(\w+)?\) { (.*) }/);
var arg0 = m[1];
var arg1 = m[2];
var body = m[3];
var program = [];
program.push('var ' + arg0 + ';');
if (arg1)
program.push('var ' + arg1 + ';');
var val;
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
val = arr[i];
program.push(arg0 + ' = ' + val.toString() + ';');
if (arg1)
program.push(arg1 + ' = ' + i + ';');
program.push(body);
}
program = program.join('');
console.log(program);
eval(program);
}
var arr = [1, 2, 3];
forEach(arr, function(val, i) { arr[i] += 1; });
console.log(arr);
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