Array.prototype.splice polyfill for Opera

Apparently they can't get their basic ECMAScript right. In 2013.

It doesn't come up that often, because you don't splice an array with
more than 256 elements every day. Only implemented in ve.batchSplice
for now, as that function does handle thousands of elements routinely.
Other callers of .splice() can simply use that instead.

Bug: 50385
Change-Id: I281a61d55c6f7df5f28627a1df80f2a001110607

modules/ve/ve.js

@@ -360,26 +360,69 @@
 	 * performance tests should be conducted on each use of this method to verify this is true for the
 	 * particular use. Also, browsers change fast, never assume anything, always test everything.
 	 *
-	 * @param {Array} arr Array to remove from and insert into. Will be modified
+	 * Includes a replacement for broken implementation of Array.prototype.splice() found in Opera 12.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Array|ve.dm.BranchNode} arr Object supporting .splice() to remove from and insert into. Will be modified
 	 * @param {number} offset Offset in arr to splice at. This may NOT be negative, unlike the
 	 *  'index' parameter in Array#splice
 	 * @param {number} remove Number of elements to remove at the offset. May be zero
 	 * @param {Array} data Array of items to insert at the offset. May not be empty if remove=0
 	 * @returns {Array} Array of items removed
 	 */
-	ve.batchSplice = function ( arr, offset, remove, data ) {
+	ve.batchSplice = ( function () {
+		var arraySplice;
+
+		// This yields 'true' on Opera 12.15.
+		function isSpliceBroken() {
+			var n = 256, a = [];
+			a[n] = 'a';
+
+			a.splice( n + 1, 0, 'b' );
+
+			return a[n] !== 'a';
+		}
+
+		if ( !isSpliceBroken() ) {
+			arraySplice = Array.prototype.splice;
+		} else {
+			// Standard Array.prototype.splice() function implemented using .slice() and .push().
+			arraySplice = function ( offset, remove/*, data... */ ) {
+				var data, begin, removed, end;
+
+				data = Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments, 2 );
+
+				begin = this.slice( 0, offset );
+				removed = this.slice( offset, remove );
+				end = this.slice( offset + remove );
+
+				this.length = 0;
+				// This polyfill only been discovered to be necessary on Opera
+				// and it seems to handle up to 1048575 function parameters.
+				this.push.apply( this, begin );
+				this.push.apply( this, data );
+				this.push.apply( this, end );
+
+				return removed;
+			};
+		}
+
+		return function ( arr, offset, remove, data ) {
 			// We need to splice insertion in in batches, because of parameter list length limits which vary
 			// cross-browser - 1024 seems to be a safe batch size on all browsers
-		var index = 0, batchSize = 1024, toRemove = remove, spliced, removed = [];
+			var splice, index = 0, batchSize = 1024, toRemove = remove, spliced, removed = [];
+
+			splice = ve.isArray( arr ) ? arraySplice : arr.splice;
+
 			if ( data.length === 0 ) {
 				// Special case: data is empty, so we're just doing a removal
 				// The code below won't handle that properly, so we do it here
-			return arr.splice( offset, remove );
+				return splice.call( arr, offset, remove );
 			}
+
 			while ( index < data.length ) {
 				// Call arr.splice( offset, remove, i0, i1, i2, ..., i1023 );
 				// Only set remove on the first call, and set it to zero on subsequent calls
-			spliced = arr.splice.apply(
+				spliced = splice.apply(
 					arr, [index + offset, toRemove].concat( data.slice( index, index + batchSize ) )
 				);
 				if ( toRemove > 0 ) {
@@ -390,6 +433,7 @@
 			}
 			return removed;
 		};
+	}() );
 
 	/**
 	 * Insert one array into another.