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=pod
=encoding utf-8
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Let's use L<Benchmark::Featureset::ParamCheck> to see how fast
L<Type::Params> is compared with other modules for validating
named parameters. (Hint: very fast.)
=head1 RESULTS
The results of running the script on a fairly low-powered laptop.
Each parameter checking implementation is called 250,000 times.
The table below displays the average time taken for each call in
nanoseconds.
=head2 With Type::Tiny::XS
Type::Params with Type::Tiny .................... 1560 ns (641025/s)
Params::ValidationCompiler with Type::Tiny ...... 1679 ns (595238/s)
Type::Params with Moose ......................... 1719 ns (581395/s)
Pure Perl Implementation with Ref::Util::XS ..... 1840 ns (543478/s)
Naive Pure Perl Implementation .................. 2039 ns (490196/s)
Type::Params with Specio ........................ 2439 ns (409836/s)
Params::ValidationCompiler with Specio .......... 2480 ns (403225/s)
Type::Params with Mouse ......................... 2519 ns (396825/s)
Params::ValidationCompiler with Moose ........... 2560 ns (390624/s)
Data::Validator with Mouse ...................... 2599 ns (384615/s)
Params::Validate with Type::Tiny ................ 2800 ns (357142/s)
Data::Validator with Type::Tiny ................. 2920 ns (342465/s)
Params::Validate ................................ 3399 ns (294117/s)
Data::Validator with Moose ...................... 4920 ns (203252/s)
Params::Check with Type::Tiny ................... 5279 ns (189393/s)
Params::Check with coderefs ..................... 6359 ns (157232/s)
MooseX::Params::Validate with Moose ............. 10520 ns (95057/s)
MooseX::Params::Validate with Type::Tiny ........ 10520 ns (95057/s)
Type::Params with Type::Nano .................... 10679 ns (93632/s)
=head2 Without Type::Tiny::XS
Pure Perl Implementation with Ref::Util::XS ..... 1839 ns (543478/s)
Type::Params with Type::Tiny .................... 1959 ns (510204/s)
Naive Pure Perl Implementation .................. 2039 ns (490196/s)
Type::Params with Moose ......................... 2079 ns (480769/s)
Params::ValidationCompiler with Type::Tiny ...... 2119 ns (471698/s)
Type::Params with Specio ........................ 2439 ns (409836/s)
Params::ValidationCompiler with Specio .......... 2520 ns (396825/s)
Params::ValidationCompiler with Moose ........... 2599 ns (384615/s)
Params::Validate ................................ 3359 ns (297619/s)
Type::Params with Mouse ......................... 3760 ns (265957/s)
Params::Validate with Type::Tiny ................ 3920 ns (255102/s)
Data::Validator with Type::Tiny ................. 4359 ns (229357/s)
Data::Validator with Mouse ...................... 4640 ns (215517/s)
Data::Validator with Moose ...................... 5399 ns (185185/s)
Params::Check with coderefs ..................... 6359 ns (157232/s)
Params::Check with Type::Tiny ................... 6359 ns (157232/s)
MooseX::Params::Validate with Moose ............. 10440 ns (95785/s)
MooseX::Params::Validate with Type::Tiny ........ 10440 ns (95785/s)
Type::Params with Type::Nano .................... 10520 ns (95057/s)
=head1 ANALYSIS
Type::Params (using Type::Tiny type constraints) is the fastest framework
for checking named parameters for a function, whether or not Type::Tiny::XS
is available.
Params::ValidationCompiler (also using Type::Tiny type constraints) is very
nearly as fast.
Params::ValidationCompiler using other type constraints is also quite fast,
and when Type::Tiny::XS is not available, Moose and Specio constraints run
almost as fast as Type::Tiny constraints.
Data::Validator is acceptably fast.
Params::Check is fairly slow, and MooseX::Params::Validate very slow.
Type::Tiny::XS seems to slow down MooseX::Params::Validate for some strange
reason.
Type::Nano is slow. (But it's not written for speed!)
=head1 DEPENDENCIES
To run this script, you will need:
L<Module::Runtime>,
L<Benchmark::Featureset::ParamCheck>.
=head1 AUTHOR
Toby Inkster E<lt>tobyink@cpan.orgE<gt>.
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2017-2024 by Toby Inkster.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
=cut
use v5.12;
use strict;
use Benchmark qw(:hireswallclock timeit);
use Module::Runtime qw(use_module);
my $data = 'Benchmark::Featureset::ParamCheck'->trivial_named_data;
my @impl = 'Benchmark::Featureset::ParamCheck'->implementations;
my $iter = 250_000;
say for
map {
sprintf(
'%s %s %6d ns (%d/s)',
$_->[0]->long_name,
'.' x (48 - length($_->[0]->long_name)),
1_000_000_000 * $_->[1]->cpu_a / $iter,
$iter / $_->[1]->cpu_a,
);
}
sort {
$a->[1]->cpu_a <=> $b->[1]->cpu_a;
}
map {
my $pkg = use_module($_);
[ $pkg, timeit 1, sub { $pkg->run_named_check($iter, $data) } ];
} @impl;