Benchmark: Try/catch performance simple log 2

HTML Preparation code:

<div id="test"></div>

Tests:

Try/catch
try { console.log("!"); } catch {}
Without try/catch
console.log("!");

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Try/catch
Without try/catch

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):

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**Overview**

The test measures the performance of JavaScript code execution, specifically comparing the performance of two approaches:

1. **With try-catch**: This approach wraps the `console.log` statement in a try-catch block, which is expected to introduce some overhead due to the error handling mechanism.
2. **Without try-catch**: This approach executes the same `console.log` statement without any try-catch wrapper.

**Comparison**

The test compares the performance of these two approaches on a Chrome 110 browser running on Mac OS X 10.15.7 (Desktop). The goal is to determine which approach is faster and more efficient.

**Pros and Cons**

* **With try-catch**: This approach introduces additional overhead due to error handling, which may slow down execution. However, it also provides a layer of protection against unexpected errors or exceptions.
* **Without try-catch**: This approach executes the code without any overhead, making it potentially faster but also exposing the code to potential errors.

**Library Usage**

None of the test cases use any external libraries.

**Special JS Features/Syntax**

The benchmark uses JavaScript syntax, including `console.log`, which is a built-in function in most JavaScript environments. There are no special features or syntax used beyond standard JavaScript.

**Other Alternatives**

If you're looking for alternatives to measure performance, some options include:

* **Benchmarking frameworks**: Such as Benchmark.js or Perfume, which provide more advanced features and tools for benchmarking JavaScript code.
* **Profiling tools**: Such as Chrome DevTools or Node.js Inspector, which can provide detailed information about execution time and overhead.
* **Performance testing libraries**: Such as PerformanceTest or WebPageTest, which focus specifically on performance testing of web applications.

Keep in mind that the specific test case and benchmarking approach may require custom code modifications to accommodate the desired scope and requirements.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: one year ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/110.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 110 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
Try/catch	192372.6 Ops/sec
Without try/catch	209888.0 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

Try/catch performance simple log 2 (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Try/catch vs Without try/catch

Created: one year ago by: Guest

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Try/catch

Without try/catch

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):