Benchmark: boolean-vs-number

Script Preparation code:

var data = 5;

Tests:

!!data
const result = !!data && 'olala';
data
const result = data && 'olala';

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
!!data
data

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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Measuring the performance of JavaScript code is crucial in ensuring that our applications run efficiently and effectively.

Let's break down the provided benchmark definition and test cases to understand what is being tested:

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark definition specifies two different tests:

1. `!!data` : This test checks the performance of a simple negation operator (`!!`) applied to the variable `data`.
2. `data` : This test checks the performance of direct access to the variable `data`.

**Script Preparation Code and Html Preparation Code**

The script preparation code is set to `"var data = 5;"`, which assigns a value of 5 to the variable `data`. There is no html preparation code provided.

Now, let's analyze the options being compared:

**Option 1: Negation Operator (`!!`)**

In modern JavaScript, the negation operator (`!!`) can be used to coerce a value to a boolean. This means that if the value is falsey (e.g., `0`, `""`, `null`, etc.), it will be coerced to true, and if it's truthy, it will remain unchanged.

The pros of using the negation operator are:

* Simplified code: It eliminates the need for explicit conditional statements.
* Performance: The negation operator is often optimized by modern JavaScript engines.

However, there are some potential drawbacks:

* Readability: Some developers may find the `!!` notation less readable than traditional boolean checks (`if (value)`).
* Browser support: While most modern browsers support the `!!` operator, older versions might not.

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 122 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
!!data	29471148.0 Ops/sec
data	29511604.0 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

boolean-vs-number (version: 0)

compare !!number and number

Comparing performance of: !!data vs data

Created: 7 months ago by: Guest

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!!data

data

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):