source: Dev/trunk/src/client/util/buildscripts/cldr/cldrUtil.js

(function(){
        // monkey patch fromJson to avoid Rhino bug in eval: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=471005
        var fromJson = dojo.fromJson;
        dojo.fromJson = function(json){
                json = json.replace(/[\u200E\u200F\u202A-\u202E]/g, function(match){
                        return "\\u" + match.charCodeAt(0).toString(16);
                })
                return json ? fromJson(json) : ""; //TODO: json value passed in shouldn't be empty
        }
})();

function isLocaleAliasSrc(prop, bundle){
        if(!bundle){ return false; }
        var isAlias = false;
        var LOCALE_ALIAS_MARK = '@localeAlias';

        for(x in bundle){
                if(x.indexOf(LOCALE_ALIAS_MARK) > 0){
                        var prefix = x.substring(0,x.indexOf(LOCALE_ALIAS_MARK));
                        if(prop.indexOf(prefix) == 0){
                                isAlias = true;
                        }
                }
        }
        return isAlias;
}

function getNativeBundle(filePath){
        // summary:
        //              get native bundle content with utf-8 encoding.
        //              native means the content of this bundle is not flattened with parent.
        //              returns empty object if file not found.
        try{
                var content = readFile(filePath, "utf-8");
                return (!content || !content.length) ? {} : dojo.fromJson(content);
        }catch(e){
                return {};
        }
}

function compare(a/*String or Array*/, b/*String or Array*/){
        // summary:
        //              simple comparison
        if(dojo.isArray(a) && dojo.isArray(b)){
                for(var i = 0; i < a.length; i++){
                        if(a[i] != b[i]){ return false; }
                }
                return true;
        }
        return a==b;
}