Benchmark: deep copy methods

HTML Preparation code:

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function spreadCopy (data) {
	const copy = { ...data };
    return copy;
}

function assignCopy (data) {
	const copy = Object.assign({}, data);
  	return copy;
}

function JSONCopy (data) {
	const copy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(data));
  	return copy;
}

function lodashCopy (data) {
	const copy = _.cloneDeep(data);
	return copy;
}

Tests:

Spread
spreadCopy(source)
Object.assign
assignCopy(source)
JSON methods
JSONCopy(source)
Lodash cloneDeep
lodashCopy(source)

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Test case name	Result
Spread
Object.assign
JSON methods
Lodash cloneDeep

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

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It appears that we are tasked with analyzing and comparing the performance of different cloning functions for JavaScript objects: `spreadCopy`, `assignCopy`, `JSONCopy`, and `lodashCopy`. The input data is a nested object, and the benchmark results show the number of executions per second for each function.

**Comparison Results:**

1. **Spread**: 8024161.5 executions per second ( highest)
2. **Object.assign**: 3722678.0 executions per second
3. **Lodash cloneDeep**: 56434.36328125 executions per second
4. **JSON methods**: 56378.7890625 executions per second

Based on the benchmark results, it seems that `spreadCopy` is the fastest way to clone a nested JavaScript object, followed closely by `Object.assign`. The other two functions, `JSONCopy` and `lodashCopy`, have significantly slower execution times.

Please note that the performance differences between these cloning functions may vary depending on the specific use case, object size, and system configuration.

Related benchmarks:

deep copy methods (version: 0)

compare spread, object.assign, JSON methods and lodash deepClone

Comparing performance of: Spread vs Object.assign vs JSON methods vs Lodash cloneDeep

Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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Spread

Object.assign

JSON methods

Lodash cloneDeep

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Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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