Benchmark: comparsions force straight vs ideomatic

Script Preparation code:

var env = "prod"

Tests:

straight
if (!(env === "prod")) { void 0; }
ideomatic
if (env !== "prod") { void 0; }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
straight
ideomatic

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one month ago):

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Let's break down the JavaScript microbenchmark and explain what's being tested, compared, and other considerations.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark is comparing two approaches to checking if an environment variable `env` is equal to "prod". The two approaches are:

1. **"straight"**: `if (!(env === \"prod\")) { void 0; }`
2. **"ideomatic"**: `if (env !== \"prod\") { void 0; }`

**What's being tested**

The benchmark is testing the performance difference between these two approaches.

**Options compared**

The benchmark is comparing:

* Two different ways to check if a variable is equal or not equal to a specific value.
* The overhead introduced by using `void 0` in both cases (although it doesn't seem to have any actual effect).

**Pros and Cons of each approach**

1. **"straight"**:
	* Pros: straightforward and easy to read.
	* Cons: might be slower due to the unnecessary negation of the comparison operator (`!==`).
2. **"ideomatic"**:
	* Pros: arguably more idiomatic JavaScript, which means it's a more common and expected way to write this type of check in modern JavaScript codebases.
	* Cons: less readable for those who are not familiar with this pattern.

**Library usage**

There is no library explicitly mentioned in the benchmark definition. However, it's worth noting that using libraries like Lodash or Underscore.js might provide a more concise way to write checks like these, e.g., `_.eq(env, 'prod')`.

**Special JS feature/syntax**

Neither of the two approaches uses any special JavaScript features or syntax.

**Other considerations**

* The benchmark is comparing the performance of both approaches on a specific environment (Chrome 89 on Mac OS X 11.2.3), which might not be representative of all possible environments.
* The `void 0` statement in both cases seems unnecessary and might even cause issues in some browsers.

**Alternatives**

If you're looking for alternative ways to write this type of check, here are a few options:

1. Using the ternary operator: `env === 'prod' ? void 0 : null;`
2. Using a simple equality check with a boolean return value: `function checkEnv() { return env !== 'prod'; }`

Keep in mind that these alternatives might not be more efficient than the original approaches, and their performance characteristics may vary depending on the specific environment and use case.

Overall, this benchmark seems to aim at highlighting the importance of readability vs. performance in certain coding contexts.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 11_2_3) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/89.0.4389.114 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 89 on Mac OS X 11.2.3

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Test name	Executions per second
straight	17503010.0 Ops/sec
ideomatic	17400040.0 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

comparsions force straight vs ideomatic (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: straight vs ideomatic

Created: 3 years ago by: Guest

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straight

ideomatic

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one month ago):