Scan with halt (#1957)

* HALT if scan reducer doesn't change value

* Updated docs to reflect new scan behaviour with HALT

stream/tests/test-scan.js

@@ -30,4 +30,36 @@ o.spec("scan", function() {
 		o(result[2]).equals(undefined)
 		o(result[3]).deepEquals({a: 1})
 	})
+
+	o("reducer can return HALT to prevent child updates", function() {
+		var count = 0
+		var action = stream()
+		var store = stream.scan(function (arr, value) {
+			switch (typeof value) {
+				case "number":
+					return arr.concat(value)
+				default:
+					return stream.HALT
+			}
+		}, [], action)
+		var child = store.map(function (p) {
+			count++
+			return p
+		})
+		var result
+
+		action(7)
+		action("11")
+		action(undefined)
+		action({a: 1})
+
+		result = child()
+
+		// check we got the expect result
+		o(result[0]).equals(7)
+
+		// check child received minimum # of updates
+		o(count).equals(2)
+	})
+
 })