Improve performance of set

.gitignore

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ node_modules
 npm-debug.log
 generated
 coverage
+.DS_Store

README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ Access deep properties using a path
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+
+## Changelog
+
+### 0.10.0
+
+* Improved performance of `get`, `set`, and `push` by 2x-3x
+* Introduced a benchmarking test suite
+* **BREAKING CHANGE**: `del` will not delete not-own properties
+
 ## Install
 
 ### Node.js
@@ -108,6 +117,9 @@ model.del("a.b"); // obj.a.b is now undefined
 model.has("a.b"); // false
 
 ```
+### Notes
+
+`object-path` is intentionally designed to access only an object's own properties
 
 ### Immutability
 

benchmark.js

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ var testObj = {
   }
 }
 
+var testObj2
+
 benchmark
   .add('get existing', {
     iterations: 100000,
@@ -32,4 +34,19 @@ benchmark
       op.push(testObj, ['level1_a', 'level2_a', 'level3_a', 'level4_a', 'level5_a'], 'val')
     }
   })
+  .add('set non existing', {
+    iterations: 100000,
+    fn: function() {
+      op.set(testObj2, ['level1_a', 'level2_b', 'level3_b', 'level4_b', 'level5_b'], 'val')
+    },
+    beforeEach: function() {
+      testObj2 = {}
+    }
+  })
+  .add('set existing', {
+    iterations: 100000,
+    fn: function() {
+      op.set(testObj, ['level1_a', 'level2_a', 'level3_a', 'level4_a', 'level5_b'], 'val')
+    }
+  })
   .run()

index.js

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     if (typeof path === 'number') {
       path = [path];
     }
-    if (isEmpty(path)) {
+    if (!path || path.length === 0) {
       return obj;
     }
     if (typeof path === 'string') {