instanceof considered harmful or how to write a robust isArray — Perfection Kills`instanceof` considered harmful (or how to write a robust `isArray`) Checking types in Javascript is well known as a pretty unreliable process. Good old typeof operator is often useless when it comes to certain types of values: typeof null; // "object" typeof []; // "object" People often expect to see something like “null” in the former check and something like “array” in the latter one. Fortunate
