innerHTML vs innerText vs nodeValue (v26)

Revision 26 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<div id="divinputme">
</div>
<span id="spaninputme">
</span>
<script>
  var a = document.getElementById('divinputme'),
      b = document.getElementById('spaninputme');
  s = '1,2,3,4';
</script>

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innerText - div
a.innerText = s;
ready
innerText - span
b.innerText = s;
ready
innerHTML - div
a.innerHTML = s;
ready
innerHTML - span
b.innerHTML = s;
ready
nodeValue - div
a.nodeValue = s;
ready
nodeValue - span
b.nodeValue = s;
ready
textnode - div
a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(s))
ready
textnode - span
b.appendChild(document.createTextNode(s))
ready

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