Editing Synchronous Error Passing vs Throwing This edit will create a new revision. Your details (optional) Name Email (won’t be displayed; might be used for Gravatar) URL Test case details Title * Published (uncheck if you want to fiddle around before making the page public) Description (in case you feel further explanation is needed)(Markdown syntax is allowed) Here we will test to see if passing values and including the error is faster than throwing an error if one were to happen. In all these tests, an error will *not* be thrown/passed - to see real-world speeds. Are you a spammer? (just answer the question) Preparation code Preparation code HTML (this will be inserted in the <body> of a valid HTML5 document in standards mode) (useful when testing DOM operations or including libraries) Include JavaScript libraries as follows: <script src="//cdn.ext/library.js"></script> Define setup for all tests (variables, functions, arrays or other objects that will be used in the tests) (runs before each clocked test loop, outside of the timed code region) (e.g. define local test variables, reset global variables, clear canvas, etc.) (see FAQ) var console = console ? console : { "log": function() {} }; function recurse(loops) { if (loops >= 0) { recurse(--loops); } else { return 0; } } function cjsCallback(loops, callback) { if (loops >= 0) { cjsCallback(--loops, callback); } else { callback.call(null, 0); } } Define teardown for all tests (runs after each clocked test loop, outside of the timed code region) (see FAQ) Code snippets to compare Test 1 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code try { recurse(10); } catch(e) { console.log(e); } Test 2 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code var res = recurse(10); if (res instanceof Error) { console.log(res); } Test 3 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code cjsCallback(10, function back(err, res) { if (err === null) { } else { console.log(err); } }); Test 4 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code try { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { return 0; })() })() })() })() })() })() })() })() })() })() } catch(e) { console.log(e); } Test 5 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code var res = (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { (function() { return 0; })() })() })() })() })() })() })() })() })() })(); if (res instanceof Error) { console.log(res); }