Emptying an array - Trying to force GC (v29)

Revision 29 of this benchmark created on

Setup

var arr = [];
  for(var i = 0, len = 25 * 1024 * 1024; i < len; i++) // runs 25 to 100 times = some mb
  {
      arr.push('a');
  }

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    while (arr.length) {
        arr.pop();
    }

setTimeout(function(){}, 1); // give the GC some time to kick in
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Creating a new empty array
arr = [];

setTimeout(function(){}, 1); // give the GC some time to kick in
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Setting .length to 0
arr.length = 0;

setTimeout(function(){}, 1); // give the GC some time to kick in
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Shift
    while (arr.length) {
        arr.shift();
    }

setTimeout(function(){}, 1); // give the GC some time to kick in
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