Benchmark: Bind vs Return Anonymous Function

Script Preparation code:

function bindFunction(bindedParam, param1, param2) {
	console.log(bindedParam, param1, param2)
}

function returnAnonFunction(bindedParam) {
	return (param1, param2) => {
		console.log(bindedParam, param1, param2)
    }
}

Tests:

Bind
bindFunction.bind(3)(1, 2)
Anonymous Function
returnAnonFunction(3)(1, 2)

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

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Previous results

Test case name	Result
Bind
Anonymous Function

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 5 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:145.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/145.0

Browser/OS: Firefox 145 on Linux

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Test name	Executions per second
Bind	298882.3 Ops/sec
Anonymous Function	280613.4 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down the benchmark and explain what's being tested, along with the pros and cons of each approach.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark compares two approaches to invoking functions: `bind()` and returning an anonymous function.

**Bind vs Return Anonymous Function**

In JavaScript, `bind()` is a method that changes the context (or `this` value) of a function when it's invoked. In contrast, returning an anonymous function allows you to create a new scope for the function's execution.

**Options being compared:**

1. **Bind**: Invokes the function using `bind()`, which sets the first argument as the new `this` value.
2. **Return Anonymous Function**: Returns an anonymous function that takes two arguments, `param1` and `param2`.

**Pros and Cons of each approach:**

* **Bind**:
	+ Pros: More readable code, can be used with arrow functions (introduced in ES6).
	+ Cons: May introduce additional overhead due to the method call.
* **Return Anonymous Function**:
	+ Pros: No overhead introduced by `bind()`, can be more efficient.
	+ Cons: Less readable code, may not work well with some older browsers.

**Library usage**

There is no library explicitly mentioned in the benchmark definition. However, the use of `bind()` and arrow functions suggests that JavaScript version 9 or later is being used (since these features were introduced in ES6).

**Special JS feature/Syntax**

* **Arrow Functions**: Introduced in ES6, arrow functions provide a concise way to create small, one-time-use functions. They are similar to regular functions but use the `=>` operator instead of the `function` keyword.
* **Bind() method**: The `bind()` method is a built-in JavaScript method that changes the context (or `this` value) of a function when it's invoked.

**Other alternatives**

If you need to compare other approaches, some alternatives could be:

1. Using `call()` or `apply()` instead of `bind()`.
2. Creating an IIFE (Immediately Invoked Function Expression) instead of returning an anonymous function.
3. Using a library like Lodash to implement the binding functionality.

Keep in mind that these alternatives might not provide significant performance differences, and the benchmark may focus on readability, maintainability, or other factors over raw performance.

Related benchmarks:

Bind vs Return Anonymous Function (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Bind vs Anonymous Function

Created: one year ago by: Guest

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Bind

Anonymous Function

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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