function createElement()

in static/assets/js/modernizr.js [1115:1143]

• 20 lines of code
• 9 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

        function createElement(nodeName, ownerDocument, data){
          if (!ownerDocument) {
            ownerDocument = document;
          }
          if(supportsUnknownElements){
            return ownerDocument.createElement(nodeName);
          }
          if (!data) {
            data = getExpandoData(ownerDocument);
          }
          var node;

          if (data.cache[nodeName]) {
            node = data.cache[nodeName].cloneNode();
          } else if (saveClones.test(nodeName)) {
            node = (data.cache[nodeName] = data.createElem(nodeName)).cloneNode();
          } else {
            node = data.createElem(nodeName);
          }

          // Avoid adding some elements to fragments in IE < 9 because
          // * Attributes like `name` or `type` cannot be set/changed once an element
          //   is inserted into a document/fragment
          // * Link elements with `src` attributes that are inaccessible, as with
          //   a 403 response, will cause the tab/window to crash
          // * Script elements appended to fragments will execute when their `src`
          //   or `text` property is set
          return node.canHaveChildren && !reSkip.test(nodeName) && !node.tagUrn ? data.frag.appendChild(node) : node;
        }