Simple JS equivalent of the Python set() constructor (without the methods)

set.js

/**
 * Simple JS equivalent of the Python set() constructor (without the methods)
 * @requires shim: Array.prototype.indexOf
 * @param {array} arr The array to turn into a set
 * @example
 * var mySet = set(['red', 'yellow', 'black', 'yellow']);
 * mySet.length; // 3
 * JSON.stringify(mySet); // ["red","yellow","black"]
 * @see For a fuller version, see {@link https://npmjs.org/package/set}
*/
function set (arr) {
  return arr.reduce(function (a, val) {
    if (a.indexOf(val) === -1) {
        a.push(val);
    }
    return a;
  }, []);
}

Came here after googling "python set in javascript".

For other readers like me, note that this isn't equivalent to Python's set() performance-wise. Python's set uses a hashtable to check if values have been encountered before, whereas this uses Array#indexOf.

If we use an object instead of an array in reduce we can get there performance-wise: fork of this gist

Thank you!