Run results for: Lodash.isEqual vs JSON.stringify Equality Comparison for Shallow Array of Strings., Volto specific

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Test name	Executions per second
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Tests:

_.isEqual
_.isEqual(window.foo, window.bar)
JSON.stringify
JSON.stringify(window.foo) === JSON.stringify(window.bar);

Run results for: Lodash.isEqual vs JSON.stringify Equality Comparison for Shallow Array of Strings., Volto specific

Test on isEqual performance

_.isEqual

JSON.stringify