Benchmark: lodash clonedeep vs json.parse(stringify()) vs recursivecopy vs recursivecopy2 with Document var

HTML Preparation code:

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var myCopy = null;

function recursiveDeepCopy(o) {
    var newO,
      i;
  
    if (typeof o !== 'object') {
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    }
    if (!o) {
      return o;
    }
  
    if ('[object Array]' === Object.prototype.toString.apply(o)) {
      newO = [];
      for (i = 0; i < o.length; i += 1) {
        newO[i] = recursiveDeepCopy(o[i]);
      }
      return newO;
    }
  
    newO = {};
    for (i in o) {
      if (o.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
        newO[i] = recursiveDeepCopy(o[i]);
      }
    }
    return newO;
  }

function recursiveDeepCopy2(obj) {
  return Object.keys(obj).reduce((v, d) => Object.assign(v, {
    [d]: (obj[d].constructor === Object) ? recursiveDeepCopy(obj[d]) : obj[d]
  }), {});
}

Tests:

Lodash CloneDeep
myCopy = _.cloneDeep(dimensions);
Json Clone
myCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(dimensions));
recursiveDeepCopy
myCopy = recursiveDeepCopy(dimensions);
recursiveDeepCopy2
myCopy = recursiveDeepCopy2(dimensions);

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Test case name	Result
Lodash CloneDeep
Json Clone
recursiveDeepCopy
recursiveDeepCopy2

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

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It looks like you have a test report with benchmark results for four different cloning functions: `_.cloneDeep` from Lodash, `JSON.parse(JSON.stringify())`, and two custom recursive cloning functions (`recursiveDeepCopy` and `recursiveDeepCopy2`).

You want to know which function is the fastest.

Let's analyze the results:

1. **Lodash CloneDeep**: 5365.490234375 executions per second
2. **JSON.parse(JSON.stringify())**: 20702.20703125 executions per second (much faster!)
3. **recursiveDeepCopy**: 15452.9970703125 executions per second
4. **recursiveDeepCopy2**: 16234.294921875 executions per second

Based on the results, **JSON.parse(JSON.stringify())** is significantly faster than the other three functions.

Here's why:

* `_.cloneDeep` is a good general-purpose cloning function, but it may be slower due to its overhead.
* `recursiveDeepCopy` and `recursiveDeepCopy2` are custom implementations that require more effort to implement correctly. While they might be optimized for performance, they seem to trail behind the built-in `JSON.parse(JSON.stringify())` method.

In conclusion, if you need a fast and reliable way to clone objects, **JSON.parse(JSON.stringify())** is likely your best bet.

Related benchmarks:

lodash clonedeep vs json.parse(stringify()) vs recursivecopy vs recursivecopy2 with Document var (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Lodash CloneDeep vs Json Clone vs recursiveDeepCopy vs recursiveDeepCopy2

Created: 6 years ago by: Guest

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Lodash CloneDeep

Json Clone

recursiveDeepCopy

recursiveDeepCopy2

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