Run results for: try-catch vs return

Run details:

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Browser: Chrome 126

Operating system: Windows

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: 2 years ago

return

138.6M/s

try-catch error

3.6M/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ return	138,630,544 Ops/sec
try-catch error	3,649,243 Ops/sec

Tests:

try-catch error
let latestError = '' try { validate() latestError = '' } catch(e) { latestError = e }; function validate() { throw "new error" }
return
let latestError = '' latestError = validate() function validate() { return "new error" }