Run results for: Arguments vs. Rest

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0

Browser: Firefox 49

Operating system: Mac OS X 10.11

Device Platform: Other

Date tested: 7 years ago

Test name	Executions per second
arguments	131.0 Ops/sec
rest params	159.7 Ops/sec

Tests:

arguments
var GAS = 0; function run(init, runner) { GAS = init; var frames = [{ run: runner }]; var thisFrame = frames.pop(); while(true) { var res = thisFrame.run(thisFrame); if(res.isCont) { var len = res.frames.length; for(var i = 0; i < len; i++) { frames.push(res.frames.pop()); } GAS = init; thisFrame = frames.pop(); } else { if(frames.length <= 0) { break; } thisFrame = frames.pop(); thisFrame.ans = res; } } return res; } var linkNames = ["first", "rest"]; function link(f, r) { if (arguments.length > 2) { var $a=new Array(arguments.length); for (var $i=0;$i<arguments.length;$i++) { $a[$i]=arguments[$i]; } throw new Error("Failed: " + $a); } return { $name: "link", $fields: linkNames, first: f, rest: r } } var empty = { $name: "empty" }; function map(f, l) { if (arguments.length > 2) { var $a=new Array(arguments.length); for (var $i=0;$i<arguments.length;$i++) { $a[$i]=arguments[$i]; } throw new Error("Failed: " + $a); } var step = 0; if(f.isFrame) { var ans = f.ans; step = f.step; var t1 = f.vars[0]; var fst = f.vars[1]; var rst = f.vars[2]; var t2 = f.vars[3]; l = f.args[1]; f = f.args[0]; } if(GAS-- <= 0) { return { isCont: true, frames: [{ run: map, isFrame: true, vars: [t1, fst, rst, t2], args: [f, l], step: step }] }; } while(true) { switch(step) { case 0: var dispatch = { empty: 1, link: 2 }; step = dispatch[l.$name]; break; case 1: ans = empty step = 5 break; case 2: fst = l[l.$fields[0]]; rst = l[l.$fields[1]]; step = 3; ans = f(fst); break; case 3: t1 = ans; step = 4 ans = map(f, rst); break; case 4: t2 = ans; step = 5 ans = link(t1, t2); break; case 5: GAS++; return ans; } if(ans && ans.isCont) { ans.frames.push({ run: map, isFrame: true, vars: [t1, fst, rst, t2], args: [f, l], step: step }); return ans; } } } var buildList = function(n) { if (arguments.length > 1) { var $a=new Array(arguments.length); for (var $i=0;$i<arguments.length;$i++) { $a[$i]=arguments[$i]; } throw new Error("Failed: " + $a); } var l = empty; for(var i = 0; i < n; i++) { l = link(i, l); } return l; } run(100, function() { return map(function(l) { return l + 1; }, buildList(4000)); });
rest params
var GAS = 0; function run(init, runner) { GAS = init; var frames = [{ run: runner }]; var thisFrame = frames.pop(); while(true) { var res = thisFrame.run(thisFrame); if(res.isCont) { var len = res.frames.length; for(var i = 0; i < len; i++) { frames.push(res.frames.pop()); } GAS = init; thisFrame = frames.pop(); } else { if(frames.length <= 0) { break; } thisFrame = frames.pop(); thisFrame.ans = res; } } return res; } var linkNames = ["first", "rest"]; function link(f, r, ...rest) { if (rest.length !== 0) { throw new Error("Failed: " + rest); } return { $name: "link", $fields: linkNames, first: f, rest: r } } var empty = { $name: "empty" }; function map(f, l, ...rest) { if (rest.length !== 0) { throw new Error("Failed: " + rest); } var step = 0; if(f.isFrame) { var ans = f.ans; step = f.step; var t1 = f.vars[0]; var fst = f.vars[1]; var rst = f.vars[2]; var t2 = f.vars[3]; l = f.args[1]; f = f.args[0]; } if(GAS-- <= 0) { return { isCont: true, frames: [{ run: map, isFrame: true, vars: [t1, fst, rst, t2], args: [f, l], step: step }] }; } while(true) { switch(step) { case 0: var dispatch = { empty: 1, link: 2 }; step = dispatch[l.$name]; break; case 1: ans = empty step = 5 break; case 2: fst = l[l.$fields[0]]; rst = l[l.$fields[1]]; step = 3; ans = f(fst); break; case 3: t1 = ans; step = 4 ans = map(f, rst); break; case 4: t2 = ans; step = 5 ans = link(t1, t2); break; case 5: GAS++; return ans; } if(ans && ans.isCont) { ans.frames.push({ run: map, isFrame: true, vars: [t1, fst, rst, t2], args: [f, l], step: step }); return ans; } } } var buildList = function(n, ...rest) { if (rest.length !== 0) { throw new Error("Failed: " + rest); } var l = empty; for(var i = 0; i < n; i++) { l = link(i, l); } return l; } run(100, function() { return map(function(l) { return l + 1; }, buildList(4000)); });

Run results for: Arguments vs. Rest

Which is faster to check if function has not been passed too many arguments?

arguments

rest params