benchmark: spread operator benchmark

Benchmark comparing `util._extend()`, `Object.assign()`,
and the spread operator for object assignment.

`util._extend()` still wins currently.

PR-URL: #18442
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Weijia Wang <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Yuta Hiroto <[email protected]>

Author: jasnell

benchmark/es/spread-assign.js

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+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common.js');
+const util = require('util');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  method: ['spread', 'assign', '_extend'],
+  count: [5, 10, 20],
+  millions: [1]
+});
+
+function main({ millions, context, count, rest, method }) {
+  const n = millions * 1e6;
+
+  const src = {};
+  for (let n = 0; n < count; n++)
+    src[`p${n}`] = n;
+
+  let obj;  // eslint-disable-line
+  let i;
+
+  switch (method) {
+    case '':
+      // Empty string falls through to next line as default, mostly for tests.
+    case '_extend':
+      bench.start();
+      for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+        obj = util._extend({}, src);
+      bench.end(n);
+      break;
+    case 'assign':
+      bench.start();
+      for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+        obj = Object.assign({}, src);
+      bench.end(n);
+      break;
+    case 'spread':
+      bench.start();
+      for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+        obj = { ...src };
+      bench.end(n);
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw new Error('Unexpected method');
+  }
+}