Benchmark: Binary to boolean with DataView: readUint8() with for loop vs. slice() with map()

Tests:

readUint8 with for loop
const length = 1000; const arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(length); const array = new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer); for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) { array[i] = 22; } const dataView = new DataView(arrayBuffer); const resultArray = []; for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) { const value = dataView.getUint8(i); resultArray.push(Boolean(value)); }
Slice with map
const length = 1000; const arrayBuffer = new ArrayBuffer(length); const array = new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer); for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) { array[i] = 22; } const dataView = new DataView(arrayBuffer); const transferArray = new Uint8Array(dataView); const resultArray = [...transferArray].map(value => Boolean(value));

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Previous results

Test case name	Result
readUint8 with for loop
Slice with map

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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Let's break down the provided benchmark and its options.

**What is being tested?**

The benchmark compares two approaches to convert binary data from a `DataView` object to an array of booleans:

1. **readUint8 with for loop**: This approach uses the `getUint8()` method of the `DataView` object to read individual bytes from the buffer and then pushes the result of `Boolean(value)` onto an array using a for loop.
2. **Slice with map**: This approach uses the `slice()` method of the `Uint8Array` object to extract a subset of bytes from the buffer, followed by applying the `map()` function to convert each byte to a boolean value.

**Options comparison**

The two approaches differ in their usage of native array methods:

* **readUint8 with for loop**: Uses a traditional for loop to iterate over the buffer, which can be less efficient than using modern array methods.
* **Slice with map**: Utilizes `slice()` and `map()`, which are more concise but may have performance overhead due to additional function calls.

**Pros and cons**

**readUint8 with for loop:**

Pros:

* Easy to understand and implement
* No potential performance overhead from additional function calls

Cons:

* Less efficient than using modern array methods
* More verbose code

**Slice with map:**

Pros:

* More concise and readable code
* Potential performance benefits due to vectorization (automatic parallel processing)

Cons:

* May have additional performance overhead due to extra function calls
* Requires knowledge of array methods and their potential pitfalls

**Library usage**

The benchmark uses the following libraries/libraries-specific features:

* `DataView`: a native JavaScript object for working with binary data.
* `Uint8Array` and `ArrayBuffer`: native JavaScript objects for working with arrays and buffers.

No external libraries are required. However, if you were to use alternative approaches that might involve external libraries (e.g., using Python or C++), you would need to consider the additional dependencies and performance implications.

**Special JS features**

There is no special JS feature or syntax being used in this benchmark beyond what's native to JavaScript.

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/127.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 127 on Linux

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Test name	Executions per second
readUint8 with for loop	7269.0 Ops/sec
Slice with map	436898.4 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

Binary to boolean with DataView: readUint8() with for loop vs. slice() with map() (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: readUint8 with for loop vs Slice with map

Created: 2 months ago by: Guest

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readUint8 with for loop

Slice with map

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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