instanceof vs typeof (v15)

Revision 15 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  var a = [];
  var f = function() {};
  var x;
  var slit = "i am literal string";
  var sobj = new String("i am a string object");
  var toString = Object.prototype.toString;
</script>

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array - instanceof
x = a instanceof Array;
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array - constructor
x = a.constructor === Array
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function - instanceof
x = f instanceof Function;
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function - constructor
x = f.constructor === Function;
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string - toString
x = toString.call(slit) == '[object String]';
y = toString.call(sobj) == '[object String]';
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string - instanceOf
x = slit instanceof String;
y = sobj instanceof String;
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string - typeof
x = typeof slit == 'string';
y = typeof sobj == 'string';
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func - typeof
x = typeof f == 'function';
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func - toString
x = toString.call(slit) == '[object Function]';
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array - Array.isArray
x = Array.isArray(a)
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