Benchmark: Array.prototype.concat vs spread operator test 34234

Tests:

Array.prototype.concat
var params = [ "hello", true, 7 ]; var other = [ 1, 2 ].concat(params);
spread operator
var params = [ "hello", true, 7 ] var other = [ 1, 2, ...params ]

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Array.prototype.concat
spread operator

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This benchmark compares two ways to combine arrays in JavaScript: the traditional `Array.prototype.concat()` method and the newer spread operator (`...`).

**Here's a breakdown:**

* **`Array.prototype.concat()`**: This method is part of JavaScript's built-in array functionality. It takes one or more arrays as arguments and returns a new array containing all the elements from the original arrays.
    * **Pros:** Widely supported, well-documented. 
    * **Cons:** Can be slightly slower than the spread operator in modern JavaScript engines.
* **Spread Operator (`...`)**: Introduced in ES6 (ECMAScript 2015), this operator expands an iterable object into its individual elements. When used with arrays, it effectively copies all elements into a new array or another context.
    * **Pros:** More concise and readable syntax, often faster than `concat()`.
    * **Cons:**  Introduced relatively recently, might not be supported in older browsers.

**The benchmark tests these approaches by:**

1. Defining two arrays: `[ 1, 2 ]` and `[ "hello", true, 7 ]`.
2. Creating a new array using `concat()` which combines the first array with the second.
3. Creating a new array using the spread operator which also combines the arrays.

**The results show:**

*  The spread operator (`...`) is significantly faster in this particular case (45 million executions per second) compared to `concat()` (9 million executions per second). This difference highlights the potential performance advantage of modern syntax.

**Alternatives:**

While `concat()` and the spread operator are common, other options exist for combining arrays:

* **`Array.from()`**:  Creates a new array from an iterable object. Can be useful when working with non-array iterables.
* **Manual Copying**: You could manually iterate through arrays and build a new one. This is generally less efficient than built-in methods.

Let me know if you'd like to dive deeper into any specific aspect or have more questions about JavaScript performance!

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Run details: (Test run date: 2 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/98.0.4758.82 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 98 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
Array.prototype.concat	9249512.0 Ops/sec
spread operator	45563632.0 Ops/sec

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Array.prototype.concat

spread operator

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