Benchmark: Making Array Range

Script Preparation code:

function* rangeGenerator(end, start = 0) {
  yield start
  if (start === end) return
  yield* rangeGenerator(end, start + 1)
}

Tests:

Generator
const result = Array.from(rangeGenerator(20))
For loop
const result = [] for (let i = 0; i < 21; ++i) { result.push(i) }
UIntArray
Array.from(new Uint8Array(21).map((_, i) => i))

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Generator
For loop
UIntArray

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):

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**Benchmark Definition JSON**

The benchmark definition provides information about the test case:

* `Name`: "Making Array Range"
* `Description`: null (no description is provided)
* `Script Preparation Code`: This code defines a generator function called `rangeGenerator` that yields numbers from 0 to `end`, inclusive. The `start` parameter has a default value of 0.
* `Html Preparation Code`: null (no HTML preparation code is required)

**Individual Test Cases**

Three test cases are provided, each with a different approach to create an array range:

1. **Generator**
	* Benchmark Definition: `const result = Array.from(rangeGenerator(20))`
	* Description: This test case uses the generator function defined in the script preparation code.
2. **For Loop**
	* Benchmark Definition: `const result = []\r\nfor (let i = 0; i < 21; ++i) {\r\n  result.push(i)\r\n}`
	* Description: This test case uses a traditional for loop to create an array with numbers from 0 to 20.
3. **UIntArray**
	* Benchmark Definition: `Array.from(new Uint8Array(21).map((_, i) => i))`
	* Description: This test case uses the `Uint8Array` data type to create an array with numbers from 0 to 20.

**Options Compared**

The three test cases compare different approaches to creating an array range:

1. **Generator**: Uses a generator function to yield numbers, which can be more memory-efficient and potentially faster than traditional for loops.
2. **For Loop**: Uses a traditional for loop to iterate over the numbers, which is more straightforward but may incur overhead due to loop control statements.
3. **UIntArray**: Utilizes a `Uint8Array` data type, which is a typed array that can store unsigned 8-bit integers. This approach may offer performance benefits due to its optimized memory layout and caching.

**Pros and Cons**

Here are some pros and cons for each approach:

1. **Generator**:
	* Pros: Can be more memory-efficient, potentially faster execution.
	* Cons: May require more complex code, less intuitive for beginners.
2. **For Loop**:
	* Pros: Easy to understand, straightforward implementation.
	* Cons: May incur overhead due to loop control statements, slower execution.
3. **UIntArray**:
	* Pros: Optimized memory layout and caching can offer performance benefits.
	* Cons: Requires a typed array, which may have additional overhead.

**Library and Special JS Feature**

No libraries are explicitly mentioned in the benchmark definition or test cases. However, the `Uint8Array` data type is used, which is a part of the JavaScript Standard Library.

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax explicitly mentioned in the provided code.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 4 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 11_0) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.0.1 Safari/605.1.15

Browser/OS: Safari 14 on Mac OS X 11.0

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Test name	Executions per second
Generator	148275.1 Ops/sec
For loop	12176332.0 Ops/sec
UIntArray	1243712.5 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

Making Array Range (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Generator vs For loop vs UIntArray

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

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Generator

For loop

UIntArray

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):