function shouldBe(actual, expected) { if (actual !== expected) throw new Error('bad value: ' + actual); } function test(num) { var regexp = /regexp/; if (num & 1) regexp.lastIndex = 42; else regexp.lastIndex = 2; return regexp.lastIndex; } noInline(test); for (var i = 0; i < 1e6; ++i) { if (i & 1) shouldBe(test(i), 42); else shouldBe(test(i), 2); }