function foo(a) { var result = a[0]; if (result) result += a[1]; if (result) result += a[2]; if (result) result += a[3]; if (result) result += a[4]; return result; } var result = 0; for (var i = 0; i < 100000; ++i) { var array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; if (i & 1) array.f = 42; result += foo(array); } if (result != 1500000) throw "Error: bad result: " + result;