Benchmark: Object.fromEntries w/Array.map vs Array.reduce

Script Preparation code:

var data = [...Array(10000)].map((_, i) => i);

Tests:

Object.fromEntries w/Array.map
Object.fromEntries(data.map(i => [i, i]));
Reduce
data.reduce((acc, i) => { acc[i] = i; return acc; }, {});

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Object.fromEntries w/Array.map
Reduce

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):

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**Benchmark Definition:**

The benchmark compares two approaches to create an object from key-value pairs:

1. `Object.fromEntries` with `Array.map`
2. `Array.reduce`

**Script Preparation Code:**
```javascript
var data = [...Array(10000)].map((_, i) => i);
```
This code creates an array of 10,000 elements using the spread operator (`...`) and the `Array.from()` method. Each element is a function that returns its index (`i`) as the value.

**Html Preparation Code:** None

There's no HTML code provided for this benchmark.

**Individual Test Cases:**

The benchmark consists of two test cases:

1. **Object.fromEntries w/Array.map**
```javascript
Object.fromEntries(data.map(i => [i, i]));
```
This line creates an object from key-value pairs using `Object.fromEntries()` and maps the array to create the pairs.

2. **Reduce**
```javascript
data.reduce((acc, i) => {
  acc[i] = i;
  return acc;
}, {});
```
This line uses `Array.reduce()` to iterate over the array and creates an object with key-value pairs.

**Library:**

`Object.fromEntries()` is a modern JavaScript method introduced in ECMAScript 2015 (ES6). It's a convenient way to create objects from iterable mappings, such as arrays or iterables. The purpose of `Object.fromEntries()` is to simplify the process of creating objects from existing data structures.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax:**

There are no special features or syntax used in this benchmark that would require specific knowledge or expertise.

**Pros and Cons:**

Here's a brief summary of the pros and cons for each approach:

1. **Object.fromEntries w/Array.map**
	* Pros:
		+ More concise and expressive code
		+ Less error-prone, as `map()` handles iteration
	* Cons:
		+ May be slower due to the overhead of `map()`
2. **Reduce**
	* Pros:
		+ Can be faster for large arrays, as it avoids the overhead of `map()`
	* Cons:
		+ More verbose and error-prone code

**Other Alternatives:**

For creating objects from key-value pairs, other alternatives include:

1. `Array.prototype.reduce()` without `Object.fromEntries()`: This approach is more verbose but still effective.
2. `forEach()` with `set()`: This approach can be faster for large arrays, as it avoids the overhead of `map()`.

However, these alternatives are not directly comparable to `Object.fromEntries()` and `Array.map`, as they require more manual iteration and handling of key-value pairs.

**Benchmark Result:**

The latest benchmark result shows that the **Reduce** approach performs better than the **Object.fromEntries w/Array.map** approach. The Safari 15 browser executes the Reduce test case approximately 14,014 times per second, while the Object.fromEntries w/Array.map test case executes it around 9,642 times per second.

Keep in mind that this result may vary depending on the specific hardware and software configurations used to run the benchmark.

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.5 Safari/605.1.15

Browser/OS: Safari 15 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
Object.fromEntries w/Array.map	9642.3 Ops/sec
Reduce	14014.2 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

Object.fromEntries w/Array.map vs Array.reduce (version: 0)

Comparison where Array.map is first needed to map the values to key/value array pairs.

Comparing performance of: Object.fromEntries w/Array.map vs Reduce

Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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Object.fromEntries w/Array.map

Reduce

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):