Is there a cost to comments

Benchmark created by T.J. Crowder on

Description

See if there's any measurable cost to comments.

Setup

var result;

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With comments
result = (function() {
    /* Total starts at 1 */
    /* Counter starts at 1,000 */
    var total = 1,
        counter = 500;

    /* Loop through doing
       some work */
    while (--counter) {
        /* Add the length of the string to the total */
        total += String(total).length;
        /* Completely gratuitous comment */
    }

    // All done
    return total;
})();
if (result !== 1580) throw "Error in test";
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No comments
result = (function() {
    var total = 1,
        counter = 500;

    while (--counter) {
        total += String(total).length;
    }

    return total;
})();
if (result !== 1580) throw "Error in test";
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