// Balancing speed and concision, with a preference for speed. Can we do better?
// No ES6! Mesh is ES5-compatible.

// Added to global namespace by calling the following:
// g._defFunctions = function()  {for (let k in _FUNCTIONS) g[k] = _FUNCTIONS[k]}

// Vanilla
const _FUNCTIONS = {
    SUM: function() {
        const l=arguments.length,f=function(x,y){return x+y};
        for(var i=0,s=0;i<l;i++){
            let x=arguments[i];s+=x instanceof Array?x.reduce(f,0):x
        };
        return s
    }
}

// Alternative - shorten sum fn using 'F' shorthand (could be used for others)
const _FUNCTIONS = {
    F: function(_){return Function('α','β','γ','δ','"use strict";return '+_)},
    SUM: function() {
        const l=arguments.length,f=F("α+β");
        for(var i=0,s=0;i<l;i++){let x=arguments[i];s+=x instanceof Array?x.reduce(f,0):x};
        return s
    }
}

// Alternative 2: double shorthands via A, + reducing syntax length via get (also helps with closures)
// ...trying to channel Arthur Whitney here
const _FUNCTIONS = {
    F: function(_){return Function('α','β','γ','δ','"use strict";return '+_)},
    get A() {return F("Array.prototype.slice.call(α)")},
    get SUM() {const f=F("α+β"); return function() { // surely the two uses of reduce can be avoided here
        return A(arguments).reduce(function(a,b){return a+(b instanceof Array?b.reduce(f,0):b)},0);
    }}
}

// Of course, could always put them in the global namespace, but it may be harder for Mesh to manage insertion/deletion
function F(_){return Function('α','β','γ','δ','"use strict";return '+_)};
const A = F("Array.prototype.slice.call(α)");
const SUM = (
    function() {const f=F("α+β"); return function() { // surely the two uses of reduce can be avoided here
        return A(arguments).reduce(function(a,b){return a+(b instanceof Array?b.reduce(f,0):b)},0);
    }}
)();

// Ideally this fn would drill into arrays with arbitrary nesting;
// given we'll define lots of these builtin fns, it's probably worth abstracting out flattens, etc.
// Maybe Greek letter variants take an array? Or we can define sigma in SUM? (feels wasteful)
function _(f,x) {return x instanceof Array ? f(x) : x};
function Σ(a)   {let s=0;for(i in a)s+=_(Σ,a[i]);return s};
// maybe we can extract out 'recursive reduce to identity' from above (params: +, 0)
function SUM()  {return Σ(arguments)};

// And in case "for in" is slower than a straight for loop:
function _(f,x) {return x instanceof Array ? f(x) : x};
function l(a)   {return a.length}; // define as array proto property instead?
function Σ(a)   {for(var s=0,i=l(a);i--;)s+=_(Σ,a[i]);return s};
function SUM()  {return Σ(arguments)};

// Feels like it may be worth defining a tiny APL or K and using that...