Try/Catch Cost In a Loop (v8)

Revision 8 of this benchmark created by Seth Holladay on

Description

How much does a try catch cost?

Setup

var obj = { a : 1, b : 2, c : 3, d : 4, e : 5 };

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Vanilla iteration
var blah = '';
for (var prop in obj) {
    blah += obj[prop];
}
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Iteration with internal try/catch
var blah = '';
for (var prop in obj) {
    try {
        blah += obj[prop];
    }
    catch (e) {
        console.log(' ');
    }
}
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Iteration with external try/catch
var blah = '';
try {
    for (var prop in obj) {
        blah += obj[prop];
        console.log(' ');
    }
}
catch (e) {

}
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