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Don't mix formal parameters and arguments array #462

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@milk-z milk-z commented Feb 28, 2020

IE11 perf is significantly degraded when mixing formal parameters and the arguments array

Perf comparisons of mixing formal parameters and arguments vs not shows not mixing is much faster. And using only formal parameters vs using only arguments array shows similar perf.
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IE11 perf is significantly degraded when mixing formal parameters and the arguments array
@@ -1387,7 +1387,8 @@
var isBadHex = isBadHexRegex.test.bind(isBadHexRegex);
var NumberShim = (function () {
// this is wrapped in an IIFE because of IE 6-8's wacky scoping issues with named function expressions.
var NumberShim = function Number(value) {
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this would be a breaking change; Number.length must be 1.

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I missed that requirement! Thanks.
I will need to think about this some more then, just by having the formal parameter, even if only arguments is used, IE11 is much slower than only having formal parameters or only having arguments.

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Unfortunately function lengths are not configurable in IE 11, so the only way to get a length of 1 is to have a formal parameter.

@@ -1387,7 +1387,8 @@
var isBadHex = isBadHexRegex.test.bind(isBadHexRegex);
var NumberShim = (function () {
// this is wrapped in an IIFE because of IE 6-8's wacky scoping issues with named function expressions.
var NumberShim = function Number(value) {
var NumberShim = function Number() {
var value = arguments[0];
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but i'm fine using the value out of the arguments object - however, if arguments.length < 1, arguments[0] deoptimizes in many engines, including older v8.

@ljharb ljharb marked this pull request as draft April 29, 2021 23:41
@ljharb ljharb force-pushed the master branch 3 times, most recently from 9647bf8 to 49a96e8 Compare October 24, 2023 23:28
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