workaround optimization killers

gistfile1.txt

var errorObject = {value: null};
function tryCatch(fn, ctx, args) {
    try {
        return fn.apply(ctx, args);
    }
    catch(e) {
        errorObject.value = e;
        return errorObject;
    }
}

var result = tryCatch(mightThrow, void 0, [1,2,3]);
//Unambiguously tells whether the call threw
if(result === errorObject) {
    var error = errorObject.value;
}
else {
    //result is the returned value
}