Benchmark: Compare lodash isEmpty and truthy Set.size

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lodash@4.17.4/lodash.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

// empty array
window.foo1 = [];

// array of strings
window.foo2 = new Set(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']);

// array of objects
window.foo3 = new Set([{ a: 1, b: 2, c: { a: 1, b: 2, c: { a: 1, b: 2 } } }, { a: 1, b: 2, c: { a: 1, b: 2, c: { a: 1, b: 2 } } }, { a: 1, b: 2, c: { a: 1, b: 2, c: { a: 1, b: 2 } } }]);

Tests:

isEmpty empty array
_.isEmpty(window.foo1);
size empty array
window.foo1 && window.foo1.size === 0;
isEmpty array of strings
_.isEmpty(window.foo2);
size array of strings
window.foo2 && window.foo2.size === 0;
isEmpty array of objects
_.isEmpty(window.foo3);
size array of objects
window.foo3 && window.foo3.size === 0;

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
isEmpty empty array
size empty array
isEmpty array of strings
size array of strings
isEmpty array of objects
size array of objects

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 benchmark and its test cases.

**Benchmark Definition JSON**

The provided JSON represents a JavaScript microbenchmarking framework, specifically MeasureThat.net. It defines a benchmark with two parts:

1. **Script Preparation Code**: This section sets up the test environment by creating three arrays: an empty array `window.foo1`, an array of strings `window.foo2`, and an array of objects `window.foo3`. These arrays will be used to test various JavaScript functions.
2. **Html Preparation Code**: This section includes a script tag that loads the Lodash library, which is used in the benchmark.

**Individual Test Cases**

The benchmark consists of six test cases, each defining a different scenario:

1. **isEmpty empty array**: Tests the `_.isEmpty()` function on an empty array.
2. **size empty array**: Tests if an empty array has a length of 0 using the `window.foo1 && window.foo1.size === 0` syntax.
3. **isEmpty array of strings**: Tests the `_.isEmpty()` function on an array of strings.
4. **size array of strings**: Tests if an array of strings has a length of 0 using the same syntax as test case 2.
5. **isEmpty array of objects**: Tests the `_.isEmpty()` function on an array of objects.
6. **size array of objects**: Tests if an array of objects has a length of 0 using the same syntax as test case 2.

**Options Compared**

The benchmark is comparing two approaches:

1. Using Lodash's `_.isEmpty()` function to check for empty arrays and objects.
2. Using the `window.foo` syntax, which checks if an object or array has a certain property or length.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

* **Lodash `_.` approach**:
	+ Pros: Concise and expressive syntax.
	+ Cons: May not be as performance-optimal as native JavaScript alternatives.
* **Window `foo` syntax**:
	+ Pros: Native JavaScript, potentially more performant than Lodash's implementation.
	+ Cons: Requires accessing the global object (`window`) and uses a non-standard syntax.

**Library: Lodash**

Lodash is a popular JavaScript utility library that provides various functions for tasks such as array manipulation, string processing, and more. In this benchmark, Lodash's `_.isEmpty()` function is used to test for empty arrays and objects.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax**

The benchmark uses the `window` object, which is not explicitly mentioned in the specification. However, it's essential to note that accessing global variables like `window` can be considered a non-standard approach.

**Other Alternatives**

If you wanted to write this benchmark without using Lodash or the `window` object, you could use native JavaScript functions, such as:

* `Array.prototype.length`: Instead of checking if an array is empty by verifying its length.
* `Object.keys()`: To check if an object is empty.

Here's a rough example of how you might rewrite test case 2 using native JavaScript:
```javascript
function sizeEmptyArray() {
  const arr = [];
  return arr.length === 0;
}
```
Keep in mind that this implementation may not be as concise or expressive as Lodash's `_.isEmpty()` function, but it would achieve the same result.

Latest run results:

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/103.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 103 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
isEmpty empty array	1940465.9 Ops/sec
size empty array	2341642.8 Ops/sec
isEmpty array of strings	671239.0 Ops/sec
size array of strings	2295278.2 Ops/sec
isEmpty array of objects	652905.2 Ops/sec
size array of objects	2338943.8 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

Compare lodash isEmpty and truthy Set.size (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: isEmpty empty array vs size empty array vs isEmpty array of strings vs size array of strings vs isEmpty array of objects vs size array of objects

Created: 2 years ago by: Registered User

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isEmpty empty array

size empty array

isEmpty array of strings

size array of strings

isEmpty array of objects

size array of objects

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):