Benchmark: Ramda 0.27.1 equals vs JSON.stringify

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ramda/0.27.1/ramda.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

var data = [{foo: {bar: {foo: {bar: ''}}}}, {}, {}];

Tests:

Ramda
var result = R.equals(data, [{foo: {bar: {foo: {bar: ''}}}}, {}, {}]);
JSON.stringify
var result = JSON.stringify(data) === JSON.stringify([{foo: {bar: {foo: {bar: ''}}}}, {}, {}]);

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Ramda
JSON.stringify

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 27 days ago):

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

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark definition is a JSON object that provides metadata about the benchmark. In this case, it contains:

* `Name`: The name of the benchmark, which is "Ramda 0.27.1 equals vs JSON.stringify".
* `Description`: An empty string, indicating no descriptive text for this benchmark.
* `Script Preparation Code` and `Html Preparation Code`: These are JavaScript code snippets that need to be executed before running the benchmark.

The Script Preparation Code defines a variable `data` containing an object with three levels of nesting. This data structure is used as input in subsequent test cases.

**Individual Test Cases**

There are two individual test cases:

1. **Ramda**
```javascript
var result = R.equals(data, [{foo: {bar: {foo: {bar: ''}}}}, {}, {}]);
```
This test case uses the Ramda library (version 0.27.1) to perform an equality check between the `data` object and a reference object.

2. **JSON.stringify**
```javascript
var result = JSON.stringify(data) === JSON.stringify([{foo: {bar: {foo: {bar: ''}}}}, {}, {}]);
```
This test case uses the built-in `JSON.stringify()` function to convert the `data` object into a string and then compares it with the expected output.

**What's being tested**

The main difference between these two test cases is how they perform the equality check:

* The Ramda test case uses the `R.equals()` function, which is a more robust implementation that handles various edge cases, such as nested objects.
* The JSON.stringify test case relies on the string comparison of the output of `JSON.stringify()`, which can lead to issues with object references, cyclic objects, or non-serializable properties.

**Pros and Cons**

Here are some pros and cons of each approach:

* **Ramda**: Pros:
	+ Robust implementation that handles edge cases.
	+ Faster execution time due to optimized equality check algorithm.
* Cons: Requires the Ramda library, which may introduce additional dependencies.
* **JSON.stringify**: Pros:
	+ Lightweight and simple to implement.
	+ No external library dependency required.
* Cons:
	+ May not handle all edge cases correctly.
	+ String comparison can lead to issues with object references or non-serializable properties.

**Library: Ramda**

Ramda is a popular JavaScript utility library that provides functional programming primitives. In this benchmark, it's used for its `R.equals()` function, which performs an equality check between two values.

**Special JS feature/Syntax: None mentioned**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntaxes being tested in this benchmark.

**Other alternatives**

If you want to test the performance of a different equality check algorithm, you could consider using:

* Lodash's `isEqual()` function
* ES6's built-in `Object.is()` function (Note: Not all browsers support this)
* A custom implementation that uses JavaScript's built-in comparison operators (`===`, `!==`, etc.)

Keep in mind that each of these alternatives has its own pros and cons, which are worth considering when choosing a benchmarking approach.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:92.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/92.0

Browser/OS: Firefox 92 on Mac OS X 10.15

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Test name	Executions per second
Ramda	180794.2 Ops/sec
JSON.stringify	1090814.5 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

Ramda 0.27.1 equals vs JSON.stringify (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Ramda vs JSON.stringify

Created: 3 years ago by: Guest

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Ramda

JSON.stringify

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 27 days ago):