innerHTML vs removeChild (v135)

Revision 135 of this benchmark created on

Description

what method for empty a element is faster ?

Preparation HTML

<div id='box'></div>

Setup

var box = document.getElementById('box');
    box.innerHTML = '<div><div class="aaa"></div><div class="aaa"></div><div class="aaa"></div></div><div><div class="aaa"></div><div class="aaa"></div><div class="aaa"></div></div><div><div class="aaa"></div><div class="aaa"></div><div class="aaa"></div></div><div><div class="aaa"></div><div class="aaa"></div><div class="aaa"></div></div>';

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Testing in
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removeChild first
while (box.firstChild) {
  box.removeChild(box.firstChild);
}
ready
innerHTML
box.innerHTML = '';
ready
removeChild last
while (box.lastChild) {
  box.removeChild(box.lastChild)
}
 
ready
removeChild last2
var l;
while (l=box.lastChild) {
  box.removeChild(l)
}
 
ready

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