Introduce faster swapping primitives.

src/array.js

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   function QuickSort(a, from, to) {
     // Insertion sort is faster for short arrays.
     if (to - from <= 22) {
       InsertionSort(a, from, to);
       return;
     }
     var pivot_index = $floor($random() * (to - from)) + from;
     var pivot = a[pivot_index];
     // Issue 95: Keep the pivot element out of the comparisons to avoid
     // infinite recursion if comparefn(pivot, pivot) != 0.
-    a[pivot_index] = a[from];
-    a[from] = pivot;
+    %_SwapElements(a, from, pivot_index);
     var low_end = from;   // Upper bound of the elements lower than pivot.
     var high_start = to;  // Lower bound of the elements greater than pivot.
     // From low_end to i are elements equal to pivot.
     // From i to high_start are elements that haven't been compared yet.
     for (var i = from + 1; i < high_start; ) {
       var element = a[i];
       var order = %_CallFunction(global_receiver, element, pivot, comparefn);
       if (order < 0) {
-        a[i] = a[low_end];
-        a[low_end] = element;
+        %_SwapElements(a, i, low_end);
         i++;
         low_end++;
       } else if (order > 0) {
         high_start--;
-        a[i] = a[high_start];
-        a[high_start] = element;
+        %_SwapElements(a, i, high_start);
       } else {  // order == 0
         i++;
       }
     }
     QuickSort(a, from, low_end);
     QuickSort(a, high_start, to);
   }
 
   // Copies elements in the range 0..length from obj's prototype chain
   // to obj itself, if obj has holes. Returns one more than the maximal index
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     "lastIndexOf", getFunction("lastIndexOf", ArrayLastIndexOf, 1),
     "reduce", getFunction("reduce", ArrayReduce, 1),
     "reduceRight", getFunction("reduceRight", ArrayReduceRight, 1)
   ));
 
   %FinishArrayPrototypeSetup($Array.prototype);
 }
 
 
 SetupArray();