Object.defineProperty vs __defineGetter__ vs normal (v8)

Revision 8 of this benchmark created by Simon on

Description

Test different access method to an object property

Preparation HTML

<script>
  obj = {
   _x: 0
  }
  
  var acc = 0;
  
  funct = {
   get: function() {
    return this._x
   },
   set: function(value) {
    this._x = value
   }
  }
</script>

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__defineGetter__
obj.__defineGetter__('x', funct['get']);
obj.__defineSetter__('x', funct['set']);

for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
 obj.x = i;
 acc += obj.x;
}
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Object.defineProperty
Object.defineProperty(obj, "x", {
 configurable: true,
 get: funct['get'],
 set: funct['set']
})

for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
 obj.x = i;
 acc += obj.x;
}
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Normal
for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
 obj._x = i;
 acc += obj._x;
}
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Prototype
obj.prototype = {
 get x() {
  return this._x;
 }, set x(value) {
  this._x = value;
 }
}

for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
 obj.x = i;
 acc += obj.x;
}
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Setter
obj.setX = function(value) {
 this._x = value;
}

for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
 obj.setX(i);
 acc += obj._x;
}
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Function calls
for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
 funct.set.call(obj, i);
 acc += funct.get.call(obj);
}
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Methods
obj.setX = function(value) {
 this._x = value;
}
obj.getX = function() {
 return this._x;
}

for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
 obj.setX(i);
 acc += obj.getX(i);
}
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