> Is the FN call overhead really that horrible in lodash? The overall size overhead is what is horrible. > Also, the transformed code (like all transformed ba

> Is the FN call overhead really that horrible in lodash? The overall size overhead is what is horrible. > Also, the transformed code (like all transformed babel) is most likely ugly and more verbose than using lodash's get, no? Yes, but it also performs at what is probably as-close-to-optimal as possible. The resulting ternaries are extremely easy to work with for even the most basic of JS compilers. Source maps work well - I don't see this as a downside at all.