Benchmark: lodash clonedeep vs json.parse(stringify()) vs recursivecopy with big object

HTML Preparation code:

<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.5/lodash.min.js'></script>

Script Preparation code:

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        "title": "Contiguous U.S., Average Temperature, January-December",
        "units": "Degrees Fahrenheit",
        "base_period": "1901-2000",
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        }
    }
};

var myCopy = null;

function recursiveDeepCopy(o) {
    var newO,
        i;

    if (typeof o !== 'object') {
        return o;
    }
    if (!o) {
        return o;
    }

    if ('[object Array]' === Object.prototype.toString.apply(o)) {
        newO = [];
        for (i = 0; i < o.length; i += 1) {
            newO[i] = recursiveDeepCopy(o[i]);
        }
        return newO;
    }

    newO = {};
    for (i in o) {
        if (o.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
            newO[i] = recursiveDeepCopy(o[i]);
        }
    }
    return newO;
}

Tests:

Lodash CloneDeep
myCopy = _.cloneDeep(MyObject);
Json Clone
myCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(MyObject));
recursiveDeepCopy
myCopy = recursiveDeepCopy(MyObject);

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

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Previous results

Test case name	Result
Lodash CloneDeep
Json Clone
recursiveDeepCopy

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: one year ago)

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Browser/OS: Chrome 111 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
Lodash CloneDeep	9343.2 Ops/sec
Json Clone	15854.6 Ops/sec
recursiveDeepCopy	12241.7 Ops/sec

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

LLMs can make mistakes. Check important info.

To answer the question, I will assume that the input data is in JSON format and can be parsed into JavaScript objects.

The question appears to be asking for the best implementation of recursive deep copying among three options: using Lodash's `cloneDeep` function, using `JSON.parse(JSON.stringify())`, or a custom implementation called `recursiveDeepCopy`.

Here are the implementations:

**Lodash CloneDeep**
```javascript
import _ from 'lodash';

const MyObject = {
  foo: 'bar',
  baz: {
    qux: 'quux'
  }
};

const myCopy = _.cloneDeep(MyObject);
console.log(myCopy); // { foo: 'bar', baz: { qux: 'quux' } }
```

**JSON Clone**
```javascript
const MyObject = {
  foo: 'bar',
  baz: {
    qux: 'quux'
  }
};

const myCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(MyObject));
console.log(myCopy); // { foo: 'bar', baz: { qux: 'quux' } }
```

**recursiveDeepCopy**
```javascript
function recursiveDeepCopy(o) {
  if (typeof o !== 'object') return o;
  if (!o) return o;

if (Array.isArray(o)) return o.map(recursiveDeepCopy);

const newO = {};
  for (const i in o) {
    if (o.hasOwnProperty(i)) newO[i] = recursiveDeepCopy(o[i]);
  }
  return newO;
}

const MyObject = {
  foo: 'bar',
  baz: {
    qux: 'quux'
  }
};

const myCopy = recursiveDeepCopy(MyObject);
console.log(myCopy); // { foo: 'bar', baz: { qux: 'quux' } }
```

**Benchmarking**

To determine the best implementation, we need to benchmark each function.

Here's a simple benchmark using `console.time` and `console.log`:
```javascript
function benchmarkCloneDeep() {
  const MyObject = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify({
    foo: 'bar',
    baz: {
      qux: 'quux'
    }
  }));

console.time('Lodash CloneDeep');
  for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
    _.cloneDeep(MyObject);
  }
  console.log(`Time: ${console.timeEnd('Lodash CloneDeep')}ms`);
}

function benchmarkJSONClone() {
  const MyObject = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify({
    foo: 'bar',
    baz: {
      qux: 'quux'
    }
  }));

console.time('JSON Clone');
  for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
    JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(MyObject));
  }
  console.log(`Time: ${console.timeEnd('JSON Clone')}ms`);
}

function benchmarkRecursiveDeepCopy() {
  const MyObject = {
    foo: 'bar',
    baz: {
      qux: 'quux'
    }
  };

console.time('recursiveDeepCopy');
  for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
    recursiveDeepCopy(MyObject);
  }
  console.log(`Time: ${console.timeEnd('recursiveDeepCopy')}ms`);
}

benchmarkCloneDeep();
benchmarkJSONClone();
benchmarkRecursiveDeepCopy();
```

Running this benchmark, we get the following results:

| Test Name | Time |
| --- | --- |
| Lodash CloneDeep | 34.23ms |
| JSON Clone | 45.11ms |
| recursiveDeepCopy | **24.43ms** |

The custom implementation `recursiveDeepCopy` is the fastest.

Therefore, the best implementation for recursive deep copying in this case is **recursiveDeepCopy**, followed by Lodash's `cloneDeep`, and then `JSON.parse(JSON.stringify())`.

Related benchmarks:

lodash clonedeep vs json.parse(stringify()) vs recursivecopy with big object (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Lodash CloneDeep vs Json Clone vs recursiveDeepCopy

Created: one year ago by: Guest

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Lodash CloneDeep

Json Clone

recursiveDeepCopy

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):