Global Variables vs Local Variables (v14)

Revision 14 of this benchmark created on

Description

This test compares the performance of global variables to local variables within functions.

Global variables should be slower because they do not exist in a function's activation object. JavaScript must traverse the Scope Chain to locate global variables.

Preparation HTML

<script>
    var obj = {a:0, b:0};

    function x() {
        for (obj.a = 0; obj.a < 20; obj.a++)
            obj.b += obj.a;
    }

    function y() {
        var loc = {a:0, b:0};
        for (loc.a = 0; loc.a < 20; loc.a++)
            loc.b += loc.a;
    }


    function w() {
        var loc = obj;
        for (loc.a = 0; loc.a < 20; loc.a++)
            loc.b += loc.a;
    }
</script>

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