function foo(a) { var y = 0; for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) { var x = a[i]; z = x.f; if (x.h != null) y = x.f.g; } return y; } function foo2(a) { var y = 0; for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) { var x = a[i]; if (x.f !== undefined) { if (x.h != null) y = x.f.g; } } return y; } a = []; for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) a[i] = {f:null, h:null}; for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) { a[i].f = {g:0}; a[i].h = {}; } var q = a[0].h; a[0].f = null; a[0].h = null; foo(a); foo2(a); a[0].h = q; try { foo(a); } catch (e) {} try { foo2(a); } catch (e) {}