port language utilities + tests into core

[alex]

as per the roadmap document and ​refactor.txt, port language utility functions, JSON utils, and tests for them into Core.

[alex]

(In [7664]) refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7665]) initial start at pulling in some of the utility funcs. Refs #2608. Refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7666]) refs #2608. refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7667]) ugg. It's late. Refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7672]) better conformance w/ the refactor document. Refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7685]) add tests for Deferred and fix Deffered to not use dojo.raise(). Refs #2610. Refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7705]) tests and updates to the basic lang utilities. Refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7731]) fixing style, updating comments, and un-breaking toJson. Refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7732]) updating docs, expanding description, fixing style. Refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7733]) special-case NodeList? in isArray() and use the slightly faster comparators for isFunction. Refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7776]) fix loading on IE. Refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7799]) make sure that we don't bomb out in non-browser envs. Refs #2609

[alex]

(In [7993]) minor style nits. Refs #2609

[Bryan Forbes]

(In [8087]) refs #2609

• Added dojo._toArray()
• Changed dojo._hitchArgs(), dojo.partial(), dojo.NodeList?.style(), and dojo.NodeList?.styles() to use dojo._toArray().

[sjmiles]

(In [8707]) Add an exception for a bad hitch, refs #2609.

[alex]

marking fixed. New issues for lang utils should be filed under separate cover.