Test: Exceptions vs. return code (pass)

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Historical Results

Based on (1) saved test runs, The test labeled "return code" was (on average) the faster by 0.0093 seconds, (1.318% faster)

return code 100%

Exceptions 98.682%

The return code test took 0.6962 seconds.
The Exceptions test took 0.7055 seconds.

Nitty-Gritty

Each test case ran 20 random code order iterations consisting of 143,751 loops for a total of 2,875,020 runs.

Line execution difference (0.000003) milliseconds.
Avg difference (0.000) milliseconds per 143,751 loops.
Total difference 9.30 milliseconds for 2,875,020 loops

The iteration variablity for Code 1 was (0.0000) milliseconds and Code 2 was (0.0000) milliseconds. The lower and the closer together there values are the more accurate the results are.

Code

The first test, "return code", was:

for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++)
{
	if (no_return_false() === false)
		$GLOBALS['dummy']++;
}

The second test, "Exceptions", was:

for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++)
{
	try
	{
		no_throw_exception();
	}
	catch (Exception $e)
	{
		$GLOBALS['dummy']++;
	}
}

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