delete vs undefined vs null (v38)

Revision 38 of this benchmark created by Paul on

Description

The delete operator removes a property entirely. Setting a property to undefined removes the value. Setting a property to null changes the value to the null value.

Technically they are not equivalent, but in practice they are often used to mean the same thing: that a property is unset.

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delete object.property
var o = {
  p: 0
};

delete o.p;
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delete object["property"]
var o = {
  p: 0
};
delete o["p"];
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object.property = undefined
var o = {
  p: 0
};
o.p = undefined;
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object["property"] = undefined
var o = {
  p: 0
};
o["p"] = undefined;
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object.property = null
var o = {
  p: 0
};
o.p = null;
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object["property"] = null
var o = {
  p: 0
};
o["p"] = null;
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