Benchmark: higher order function vs simple function perf checasdk

Script Preparation code:

var artifacts = {
  getById: () => []
}

Tests:

simple function
const foo = (artifactId) => artifacts.getById(artifactId); const flatten = (artifacts, artifactId) => { return [ ...foo(artifactId) ] } for(var i = 0; i < 100; i++) { flatten(artifacts, i) }
higher order function
const createFlattenr = (artifacts) => { const getDependencies = (artifactId) => artifacts.getById(artifactId); return (artifactId) => { return [ ...getDependencies(artifactId) ] } } const flatten = createFlattenr(artifacts) for(var i = 0; i < 100; i++) { flatten(i) }

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**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark is testing the performance difference between two approaches:

1. **Simple Function**: This approach uses a straightforward, inline function `flatten` that calls another function `foo` to retrieve an array from the `artifacts` object.
2. **Higher Order Function**: This approach uses a higher-order function `createFlattenr` that takes an `artifacts` object as input and returns another function `flatten`. The returned function `flatten` calls `getDependencies` (which is also retrieved from the `artifacts` object) to retrieve an array.

**Options Compared**

The benchmark is comparing the performance of these two approaches:

* **Simple Function**: Uses an inline function definition and direct function call.
* **Higher Order Function**: Uses a higher-order function that returns another function, which is then called.

**Pros and Cons**

Here's a brief analysis of each approach:

* **Simple Function**
	+ Pros:
		- Easy to understand and write.
		- Lightweight, as it doesn't create an additional function object.
	+ Cons:
		- May be less efficient due to the direct function call.
		- Limited flexibility, as it's tightly coupled with the `foo` function.
* **Higher Order Function**
	+ Pros:
		- More flexible and reusable, as the returned function can be used elsewhere.
		- Can potentially be more efficient, as the function is cached once.
	+ Cons:
		- More complex to understand and write, due to the higher-order function.
		- Creates an additional function object, which may incur overhead.

**Library**

The benchmark uses a library called `artifacts`, which seems to be a mock implementation of some kind of dependency injection or asset management system. The `getById` function in the `artifacts` object returns an empty array, suggesting that it's not actually retrieving any data from a database or file system.

**Special JS Features**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax mentioned in this benchmark.

**Other Alternatives**

Some alternative approaches to the simple and higher-order functions could be:

* **Closure-based approach**: Instead of creating a separate function object, the `flatten` function could use a closure to capture the `artifacts` object and its dependencies.
* **Function composition**: The `createFlattenr` function could use function composition (e.g., using the `map` or `reduce` methods) to create the `flatten` function, rather than returning an existing function.

However, these alternatives are not explicitly tested in this benchmark.

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simple function

higher order function

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