Benchmark: bbkbkbklocationhref

Tests:

window.location.href
window.location.href
location.href
location.href

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
window.location.href
location.href

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 27 days ago):

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Let's break down what is tested in the provided benchmark and explain the different options being compared.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark definition represents a JavaScript expression or statement that will be executed repeatedly to measure its performance. In this case, there are two benchmark definitions:

1. `window.location.href`
2. `location.href`

These two expressions seem identical, but they are actually not exactly equivalent due to differences in browser behavior.

**Options being compared**

The two options being compared are:

1. `window.location.href` (with a `window` object)
2. `location.href` (without an explicit `window` object)

**Pros and Cons of each approach**

**Option 1: `window.location.href`**

Pros:

* This is the most commonly used way to access the current URL in JavaScript.
* It's often preferred because it uses a more explicit and consistent way of referencing the `location` property.

Cons:

* In some browsers (like Internet Explorer), using `window.location.href` can lead to performance issues due to its reliance on the `window` object.
* Some older versions of Chrome might also experience performance issues with this approach.

**Option 2: `location.href`**

Pros:

* This approach is more browser-agnostic, as it relies directly on the `location` property without involving the `window` object.
* It can be faster in some cases due to reduced overhead.

Cons:

* This approach may not work consistently across all browsers and versions.
* Some older versions of Chrome might also experience performance issues with this approach.

**Library usage**

In both benchmark definitions, there is no explicit library usage. However, the `location` property is a part of the W3C DOM (Document Object Model) API, which is built into most modern web browsers. This means that the browser itself implements the logic for accessing the current URL, making it unnecessary to include any additional libraries.

**Special JS feature or syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntaxes being used in these benchmark definitions. Both expressions follow standard JavaScript syntax and should be executable without any additional context.

**Other alternatives**

If you wanted to test an alternative expression for accessing the current URL, some possible alternatives could include:

* `self.location.href` (which is similar to `window.location.href`, but uses the `self` keyword instead)
* `document.location.href` (which accesses the `location` property through the `document` object)

However, these alternatives are not explicitly tested in this benchmark.

Overall, the choice between using `window.location.href` and `location.href` depends on your specific use case and target audience. If you need to support older browsers or want a more explicit way of accessing the current URL, `window.location.href` might be a better choice. Otherwise, `location.href` could provide slightly faster performance in modern browsers.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 7 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_5) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/59.0.3071.115 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 59 on Mac OS X 10.12.5

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Test name	Executions per second
window.location.href	1416560.4 Ops/sec
location.href	1666741.5 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

bbkbkbklocationhref (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: window.location.href vs location.href

Created: 7 years ago by: Guest

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window.location.href

location.href

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 27 days ago):