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node: improve nextTick performance
This commit uses separate functions to isolate deopts caused by try-catches and avoids fn.apply() for callbacks with small numbers of arguments. These changes improve performance by ~1-40% in the various nextTick benchmarks. PR-URL: #1571 Reviewed-By: Trevor Norris <trev.norris@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Chris Dickinson <christopher.s.dickinson@gmail.com>
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‎benchmark/misc/next-tick-breadth-args.js‎

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'use strict';
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var common = require('../common.js');
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var bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
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millions: [2]
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});
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function main(conf) {
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var N = +conf.millions * 1e6;
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var n = 0;
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function cb1(arg1) {
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n++;
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if (n === N)
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bench.end(n / 1e6);
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}
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function cb2(arg1, arg2) {
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n++;
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if (n === N)
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bench.end(n / 1e6);
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}
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function cb3(arg1, arg2, arg3) {
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n++;
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if (n === N)
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bench.end(n / 1e6);
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}
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bench.start();
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for (var i = 0; i < N; i++) {
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if (i % 3 === 0)
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process.nextTick(cb3, 512, true, null);
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else if (i % 2 === 0)
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process.nextTick(cb2, false, 5.1);
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else
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process.nextTick(cb1, 0);
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}
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}

‎benchmark/misc/next-tick-depth-args.js‎

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'use strict';
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var common = require('../common.js');
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var bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
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millions: [2]
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});
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process.maxTickDepth = Infinity;
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function main(conf) {
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var n = +conf.millions * 1e6;
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function cb3(arg1, arg2, arg3) {
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if (--n) {
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if (n % 3 === 0)
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process.nextTick(cb3, 512, true, null);
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else if (n % 2 === 0)
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process.nextTick(cb2, false, 5.1);
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else
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process.nextTick(cb1, 0);
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} else
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bench.end(+conf.millions);
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}
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function cb2(arg1, arg2) {
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if (--n) {
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if (n % 3 === 0)
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process.nextTick(cb3, 512, true, null);
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else if (n % 2 === 0)
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process.nextTick(cb2, false, 5.1);
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else
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process.nextTick(cb1, 0);
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} else
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bench.end(+conf.millions);
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}
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function cb1(arg1) {
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if (--n) {
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if (n % 3 === 0)
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process.nextTick(cb3, 512, true, null);
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else if (n % 2 === 0)
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process.nextTick(cb2, false, 5.1);
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else
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process.nextTick(cb1, 0);
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} else
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bench.end(+conf.millions);
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}
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bench.start();
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process.nextTick(cb1, true);
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}

‎src/node.js‎

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// Run callbacks that have no domain.
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// Using domains will cause this to be overridden.
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function _tickCallback() {
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var callback, threw, tock;
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var callback, args, tock;
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do {
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while (tickInfo[kIndex] < tickInfo[kLength]) {
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tock = nextTickQueue[tickInfo[kIndex]++];
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callback = tock.callback;
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threw = true;
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try {
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if (tock.args === undefined)
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callback();
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else
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callback.apply(null, tock.args);
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threw = false;
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} finally {
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if (threw)
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tickDone();
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args = tock.args;
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// Using separate callback execution functions helps to limit the
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// scope of DEOPTs caused by using try blocks and allows direct
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// callback invocation with small numbers of arguments to avoid the
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// performance hit associated with using `fn.apply()`
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if (args === undefined) {
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doNTCallback0(callback);
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} else {
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switch (args.length) {
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case 1:
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doNTCallback1(callback, args[0]);
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break;
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case 2:
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doNTCallback2(callback, args[0], args[1]);
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break;
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case 3:
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doNTCallback3(callback, args[0], args[1], args[2]);
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break;
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default:
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doNTCallbackMany(callback, args);
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}
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}
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if (1e4 < tickInfo[kIndex])
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tickDone();
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}
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function _tickDomainCallback() {
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var callback, domain, threw, tock;
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var callback, domain, args, tock;
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do {
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while (tickInfo[kIndex] < tickInfo[kLength]) {
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tock = nextTickQueue[tickInfo[kIndex]++];
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callback = tock.callback;
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domain = tock.domain;
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args = tock.args;
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if (domain)
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domain.enter();
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threw = true;
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try {
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if (tock.args === undefined)
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callback();
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else
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callback.apply(null, tock.args);
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threw = false;
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} finally {
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if (threw)
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tickDone();
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// Using separate callback execution functions helps to limit the
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// scope of DEOPTs caused by using try blocks and allows direct
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// callback invocation with small numbers of arguments to avoid the
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// performance hit associated with using `fn.apply()`
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if (args === undefined) {
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doNTCallback0(callback);
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} else {
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switch (args.length) {
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case 1:
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doNTCallback1(callback, args[0]);
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break;
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case 2:
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doNTCallback2(callback, args[0], args[1]);
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break;
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case 3:
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doNTCallback3(callback, args[0], args[1], args[2]);
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break;
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default:
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doNTCallbackMany(callback, args);
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}
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}
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if (1e4 < tickInfo[kIndex])
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tickDone();
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} while (tickInfo[kLength] !== 0);
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}
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function doNTCallback0(callback) {
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var threw = true;
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try {
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callback();
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threw = false;
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} finally {
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if (threw)
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tickDone();
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}
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}
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function doNTCallback1(callback, arg1) {
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var threw = true;
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try {
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callback(arg1);
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threw = false;
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} finally {
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if (threw)
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tickDone();
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}
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}
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function doNTCallback2(callback, arg1, arg2) {
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var threw = true;
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try {
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callback(arg1, arg2);
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threw = false;
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} finally {
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if (threw)
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tickDone();
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}
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}
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function doNTCallback3(callback, arg1, arg2, arg3) {
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var threw = true;
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try {
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callback(arg1, arg2, arg3);
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threw = false;
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} finally {
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if (threw)
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tickDone();
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}
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}
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function doNTCallbackMany(callback, args) {
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var threw = true;
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try {
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callback.apply(null, args);
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threw = false;
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} finally {
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if (threw)
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tickDone();
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}
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}
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‎test/message/nexttick_throw.out‎

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ReferenceError: undefined_reference_error_maker is not defined
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at *test*message*nexttick_throw.js:*:*
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at doNTCallback0 (node.js:*:*)
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at process._tickCallback (node.js:*:*)
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at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:*:*)
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at startup (node.js:*:*)

‎test/message/stdin_messages.out‎

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at emitNone (events.js:*:*)
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at Socket.emit (events.js:*:*)
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at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:*:*)
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at doNTCallback2 (node.js:*:*)
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at process._tickCallback (node.js:*:*)
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at emitNone (events.js:*:*)
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at doNTCallback2 (node.js:*:*)
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at doNTCallback2 (node.js:*:*)
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var ______________________________________________; throw 10

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