.each() vs for loop with handler

Benchmark created by Jim on September 30, 2011

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
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Test runner

$('.test').each(function() {
    // do nothing
})

var test = $('.test'),
    handler = function() {
        // do nothing
    };
for (var i = 0, iE = test.length; i < iE; i++) {
    handler.apply(test[i], []);
}

Revisions

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• Revision 1: published by Jim on September 30, 2011