Benchmark: Self Closing vs Closed Tags

Tests:

Self Closing Tags
const template = document.createElement('template'); template.innerHtml = '<tr><td class="col-md-1" /><td class="col-md-4"><a /></td><td class="col-md-1"><a></a></td><td class="col-md-6" /></tr>';
Closed Tags
const template = document.createElement('template'); template.innerHtml = '<tr><td class="col-md-1"></td><td class="col-md-4"><a></a></td><td class="col-md-1"><a></a></td><td class="col-md-6"></td></tr>';

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Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Self Closing Tags
Closed Tags

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 10 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 128 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
Self Closing Tags	4751298.5 Ops/sec
Closed Tags	5176203.5 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

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**Benchmark Definition**

The provided benchmark definition is quite straightforward. It tests two different approaches for creating HTML elements using template literals in JavaScript.

The "Script Preparation Code" and "Html Preparation Code" are empty, which means that these values are not relevant to the benchmark itself. The script preparation code refers to any code that might be executed before running the test, while the html preparation code refers to any HTML code generated by the script. In this case, both are blank, indicating that they do not affect the outcome of the benchmark.

**Individual Test Cases**

The two individual test cases represent the "Self Closing Tags" and "Closed Tags" scenarios.

1. **Self Closing Tags**: This test case creates a template element with inner HTML containing `<tr><td class="col-md-1" /><td class="col-md-4"><a /></td><td class="col-md-1"><a></a></td><td class="col-md-6" /></tr>`. The `self-closing` tags are used, which means that the HTML element is closed immediately after its opening tag. In this case, the `<a>` and `` elements do not have explicit closing tags.
2. **Closed Tags**: This test case creates a template element with inner HTML containing `<tr><td class="col-md-1" ></td><td class="col-md-4"><a></a></td><td class="col-md-1"><a></a></td><td class="col-md-6" ></td></tr>`. Here, the HTML elements are closed using explicit closing tags (`</td>`).

**Options Compared**

The two test cases compare the performance of self-closing and explicitly closed HTML elements.

**Pros and Cons**

* **Self-Closing Tags**:
	+ Pros: Can be more concise and potentially faster, as the parser can parse them directly.
	+ Cons: May not work correctly in all situations (e.g., when used with certain attributes or values).
* **Explicitly Closed Tags**:
	+ Pros: Always works correctly, regardless of context.
	+ Cons: Can lead to slightly longer code and potentially slower parsing.

**Library**

None of the test cases use any specific JavaScript library. The benchmark focuses solely on the inherent differences between self-closing and explicitly closed HTML elements in JavaScript template literals.

**Special JS Feature or Syntax**

There is no special JavaScript feature or syntax being tested in this benchmark. It's purely focused on comparing two different approaches to creating HTML elements using template literals.

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Self Closing Tags

Closed Tags

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):