RESOLVED FIXED 4325
Mozilla Date tests have an unnecessary loop that runs 1970 times before each test 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4325
Summary Mozilla Date tests have an unnecessary loop that runs 1970 times before each ...
Darin Adler
Reported 2005-08-07 18:25:58 PDT
There's code to compute the value of "year 0" in all the Mozilla date tests. There's no need to compute this on entry to each test. This is not all of why the tests are slow, but it's at least part of it.
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patch to use "year 0" constant instead of computing it each time (52.74 KB, patch)
2005-08-07 18:26 PDT, Darin Adler 		sullivan: review+
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Darin Adler
Comment 1 2005-08-07 18:26:59 PDT
Created attachment 3271 [details] patch to use "year 0" constant instead of computing it each time
John Sullivan
Comment 2 2005-08-08 09:08:55 PDT
Comment on attachment 3271 [details] patch to use "year 0" constant instead of computing it each time looks good
Geoffrey Garen
Comment 3 2005-08-08 10:29:07 PDT
I'm pretty sure the rest of the slowness can be corrected by similar fixes -- turning repeated calculations into constants. The date tests are pretty pedantic in how they calculate correct answers.
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