HParker · March 27, 2025 22:11 · Mar 27, 2025
diff --git a/0-results.txt b/0-results.txt
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+ruby 3.1.6p260 (2024-05-29 revision a777087be6) [arm64-darwin24]
+Warming up --------------------------------------
+      to_ary success     1.298M i/100ms
+       Array success     1.844M i/100ms
+      rescue success     1.916M i/100ms
+Calculating -------------------------------------
+      to_ary success     12.993M (± 0.5%) i/s   (76.96 ns/i) -     66.215M in   5.096195s
+       Array success     18.418M (± 0.2%) i/s   (54.30 ns/i) -     92.221M in   5.007224s
+      rescue success     19.166M (± 0.3%) i/s   (52.18 ns/i) -     97.726M in   5.098938s
+
+Comparison:
+      rescue success: 19166225.0 i/s
+       Array success: 18417669.3 i/s - 1.04x  slower
+      to_ary success: 12993380.0 i/s - 1.48x  slower
+
+ruby 3.1.6p260 (2024-05-29 revision a777087be6) [arm64-darwin24]
+Warming up --------------------------------------
+         to_ary fail   218.607k i/100ms
+          Array fail   808.883k i/100ms
+         rescue fail    77.869k i/100ms
+Calculating -------------------------------------
+         to_ary fail      2.188M (± 1.0%) i/s  (457.10 ns/i) -     11.149M in   5.096679s
+          Array fail      8.114M (± 0.2%) i/s  (123.25 ns/i) -     41.253M in   5.084386s
+         rescue fail    770.190k (± 4.8%) i/s    (1.30 μs/i) -      3.893M in   5.072462s
+
+Comparison:
+          Array fail:  8113689.4 i/s
+         to_ary fail:  2187702.6 i/s - 3.71x  slower
+         rescue fail:   770189.7 i/s - 10.53x  slower
diff --git a/bench.rb b/bench.rb
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+require 'benchmark/ips'
+
+success_obj = []
+fail_obj = 1
+
+Benchmark.ips do |x|
+  x.report("to_ary success") do
+    if success_obj.respond_to?(:to_ary)
+      success_obj.to_ary
+    else
+      raise "Wow there"
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.report("Array success") do
+    Array(success_obj)
+  end
+
+  x.report("rescue success") do
+    begin
+      success_obj.to_ary
+    rescue NoMethodError
+      raise InvalidCollectionArgumentError
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.compare!
+end
+
+
+Benchmark.ips do |x|
+  x.report("to_ary fail") do
+    begin
+    if fail_obj.respond_to?(:to_ary)
+      fail_obj.to_ary
+    else
+      raise "Wow there"
+    end
+    rescue
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.report("Array fail") do
+    Array(fail_obj)
+  end
+
+  x.report("rescue fail") do
+    begin
+      begin
+        fail_obj.to_ary
+      rescue NoMethodError
+        raise InvalidCollectionArgumentError
+      end
+    rescue
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.compare!
+end