jQuery.fn.each vs. jQuery.fn.quickEach (v101)

Revision 101 of this benchmark created on

Description

The quickEach method will pass a non-unique jQuery instance to the callback meaning that there will be no need to instantiate a fresh jQuery instance on each iteration. Most of the slow-down inherent in jQuery’s native iterator method (each) is the constant need to have access to jQuery’s methods, and so most developers see constructing multiple instances as no issue… A better approach would be quickEach.

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
<script>
  var a = $('<div/>').append(Array(100).join('<a></a>')).find('a');
  
  jQuery.fn.quickEach = (function() {
   var jq = jQuery([1]);
   return function(c) {
    var i = -1,
        el, len = this.length;
    try {
     while (++i < len && (el = jq[0] = this[i]) && c.call(jq, i, el) !== false);
    } catch (e) {
     delete jq[0];
     throw e;
    }
    delete jq[0];
    return this;
   };
  }());
  jQuery.fn.thisEach = function(f){//compact
    var t = $([0]), i = -1, l = this.length, e;
                while(
                        ++i < l
                        && (e = t[0] = this[i])
                        && f.call(t, i, e) !== false
    );
                return this;
        };
</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
.each()
a.each(function() {
 $(this);
});
ready
.quickEach()
a.quickEach(function() {
 this; // jQuery object
});
ready
.thisEach()
a.thisEach(function() {
 this; // jQuery object
});
ready

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