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exception flow control vs. if-else
A comparison between utilizing a thrown exception to control flow vs. an if-else.
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User agent:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:134.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/134.0
Browser:
Firefox 134
Operating system:
Windows
Device Platform:
Desktop
Date tested:
one year ago
Benchmark engine:
Benchmark.js
if-else (hits if)
2184.6M/s
if-else (hits else)
2170.4M/s
try-catch control flow (no exception)
2109.3M/s
try-catch control flow (thrown exception)
839K/s
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Executions per second
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if-else (hits if)
2,184,620,032 Ops/sec
if-else (hits else)
2,170,424,576 Ops/sec
try-catch control flow (no exception)
2,109,251,840 Ops/sec
try-catch control flow (thrown exception)
839,140 Ops/sec
Tests:
try-catch control flow (no exception)
const ok = true; let res; try { if (!ok) { throw new Error('ok = false'); } res = 1 + 1; } catch (e) { res = 1 + 2; }
try-catch control flow (thrown exception)
const ok = false; let res; try { if (!ok) { throw new Error('ok = false'); } res = 1 + 1; } catch (e) { res = 1 + 2; }
if-else (hits if)
const ok = true; let res; if (ok) { res = 1 + 1; } else { res = 1 + 2; }
if-else (hits else)
const ok = false; let res; if (ok) { res = 1 + 1; } else { res = 1 + 2; }