Try/Catch Block Loop Performance Comparison (v12)

Revision 12 of this benchmark created on

Description

Measuring the performance implications of a try/catch block used with loops.

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Plain Loop
for (var i = 0; i < 500000; i++) {
  var n = 1;
}
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Try/Catch Block Outside Loop
try {
  for (var i = 0; i < 500000; i++) {
    var n = 1;
  }
} catch (e) {}
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Try/Catch Block Inside Loop
for (var i = 0; i < 500000; i++) {
  try {
    var n = 1;
  } catch (e) {}
}
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try catch present
try {

} catch (e) {}

for (var i = 0; i < 500000; i++) {
  var n = 1;
}
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