document.head vs getElementsByTagName (v5)

Revision 5 of this benchmark created by Konstantin Tarkus on

Setup

function getHeadElement() {
      var head;
      return head || (head = (document.head || document.getElementByTagName('head')[0]));
    }

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document.head
var head = document.head;
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getElementsByTagName
var head = document.getElementsByTagName( 'head' )[ 0 ];
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querySelector
var head = document.querySelector( 'head' );
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getHeadElement
var head = getHeadElement();
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document.head ||
var head = document.head || document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
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  • Revision 1: published by Andreas Goebel on
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  • Revision 5: published by Konstantin Tarkus on