Array Assignment vs Array Push (v3)

Revision 3 of this benchmark created on

Description

You've heard the rumors - now here's the proof.

v3 adds pre-allocation

Setup

var size = 2000;

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arrayA[i] = 'foo';
var arrayA = [];
for (var i = 0; i < size; i++) {
  arrayA[i] = 'foo';
}
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arrayB.push('foo');
var arrayB = [];
for (var i = 0; i < size; i++) {
  arrayB.push('foo');
}
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arrayC[i] = 'foo'; (preallocated)
var arrayC = new Array(size);
for (var i = 0; i < size; i++) {
  arrayC[i] = 'foo';
}
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