/**
 * Underscore mixins for deep objects
 *
 * Based on https://gist.github.com/echong/3861963
 */
(function(_, LeapModel) {
  var arrays, basicObjects, deepClone, deepExtend, deepExtendCouple, isBasicObject,
    __slice = [].slice;

  deepClone = function(obj) {
    var func, isArr;
    if (!_.isObject(obj) || _.isFunction(obj)) {
      return obj;
    }
    if (obj instanceof LeapModel) {
      return obj;
    }
    if (_.isElement(obj)) {
      return obj;
    }
    if (_.isDate(obj)) {
      return new Date(obj.getTime());
    }
    if (_.isRegExp(obj)) {
      return new RegExp(obj.source, obj.toString().replace(/.*\//, ""));
    }
    isArr = _.isArray(obj || _.isArguments(obj));
    func = function(memo, value, key) {
      if (isArr) {
        memo.push(deepClone(value));
      } else {
        memo[key] = deepClone(value);
      }
      return memo;
    };
    return _.reduce(obj, func, isArr ? [] : {});
  };

  isBasicObject = function(object) {
    if (object == null) return false;
    return (object.prototype === {}.prototype || object.prototype === Object.prototype) && _.isObject(object) && !_.isArray(object) && !_.isFunction(object) && !_.isDate(object) && !_.isRegExp(object) && !_.isArguments(object);
  };

  basicObjects = function(object) {
    return _.filter(_.keys(object), function(key) {
      return isBasicObject(object[key]);
    });
  };

  arrays = function(object) {
    return _.filter(_.keys(object), function(key) {
      return _.isArray(object[key]);
    });
  };

  deepExtendCouple = function(destination, source, maxDepth) {
    var combine, recurse, sharedArrayKey, sharedArrayKeys, sharedObjectKey, sharedObjectKeys, _i, _j, _len, _len1;
    if (maxDepth == null) {
      maxDepth = 20;
    }
    if (maxDepth <= 0) {
      console.warn('_.deepExtend(): Maximum depth of recursion hit.');
      return _.extend(destination, source);
    }
    sharedObjectKeys = _.intersection(basicObjects(destination), basicObjects(source));
    recurse = function(key) {
      return source[key] = deepExtendCouple(destination[key], source[key], maxDepth - 1);
    };
    for (_i = 0, _len = sharedObjectKeys.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
      sharedObjectKey = sharedObjectKeys[_i];
      recurse(sharedObjectKey);
    }
    sharedArrayKeys = _.intersection(arrays(destination), arrays(source));
    combine = function(key) {
      return source[key] = _.union(destination[key], source[key]);
    };
    for (_j = 0, _len1 = sharedArrayKeys.length; _j < _len1; _j++) {
      sharedArrayKey = sharedArrayKeys[_j];
      combine(sharedArrayKey);
    }
    return _.extend(destination, source);
  };

  deepExtend = function() {
    var finalObj, maxDepth, objects, _i;
    objects = 2 <= arguments.length ? __slice.call(arguments, 0, _i = arguments.length - 1) : (_i = 0, []), maxDepth = arguments[_i++];
    if (!_.isNumber(maxDepth)) {
      objects.push(maxDepth);
      maxDepth = 20;
    }
    if (objects.length <= 1) {
      return objects[0];
    }
    if (maxDepth <= 0) {
      return _.extend.apply(this, objects);
    }
    finalObj = objects.shift();
    while (objects.length > 0) {
      finalObj = deepExtendCouple(finalObj, deepClone(objects.shift()), maxDepth);
    }
    return finalObj;
  };

  _.mixin({
    deepClone: deepClone,
    isBasicObject: isBasicObject,
    basicObjects: basicObjects,
    arrays: arrays,
    deepExtend: deepExtend
  });

}).call(this, _, LeapModel);
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