julia> VERSION
v"0.6.0-dev.1079"

julia> notricks(f, x) = broadcast(f, x)
notricks (generic function with 1 method)

julia> forcespec{TF}(f::TF, x) = broadcast(f, x)
forcespec (generic function with 1 method)

julia> x = rand(10^2);

julia> using BenchmarkTools

julia> @benchmark notricks($abs, $x)
BenchmarkTools.Trial:
  samples:          10000
  evals/sample:     1
  time tolerance:   5.00%
  memory tolerance: 1.00%
  memory estimate:  1.91 kb
  allocs estimate:  28
  minimum time:     19.00 μs (0.00% GC)
  median time:      20.26 μs (0.00% GC)
  mean time:        22.96 μs (0.00% GC)
  maximum time:     295.82 μs (0.00% GC)

julia> @benchmark forcespec($abs, $x)
BenchmarkTools.Trial:
  samples:          10000
  evals/sample:     849
  time tolerance:   5.00%
  memory tolerance: 1.00%
  memory estimate:  912.00 bytes
  allocs estimate:  2
  minimum time:     146.00 ns (0.00% GC)
  median time:      157.00 ns (0.00% GC)
  mean time:        201.21 ns (14.08% GC)
  maximum time:     1.63 μs (82.76% GC)