Try/Catch Block Loop Performance Comparison (v4)

Revision 4 of this benchmark created by naugtur on

Description

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

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TestOps/sec
Plain Loop
for(var i = 0; i < 500; i++){
    var n = 1;
}
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Try/Catch Block Outside Loop
try{
    for(var i = 0; i < 500; i++){
        var n = 1;
    }
}catch(e){}
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Try/Catch Block Inside Loop
for(var i = 0; i < 500; i++){
    try{
        var n = 1;
    }catch(e){}
}
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Try/Catch Block Outside Function
try{
(function(){
    for(var i = 0; i < 500; i++){
        var n = 1;
    }
})(); //browser should be able to compile the function
}catch(e){}
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