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# reusify
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Reuse your objects and functions for maximum speed. This technique willmake any function run ~10% faster. You call your functions alot, and it adds up quickly in hot code paths.
```$ node benchmarks/createNoCodeFunction.jsTotal time 53133Total iterations 100000000Iteration/s 1882069.5236482036
$ node benchmarks/reuseNoCodeFunction.jsTotal time 50617Total iterations 100000000Iteration/s 1975620.838848608```
The above benchmark uses fibonacci to simulate a real high-cpu load.The actual numbers might differ for your use case, but the differenceshould not.
The benchmark was taken using Node v6.10.0.
This library was extracted from[fastparallel](http://npm.im/fastparallel).
## Example
```jsvar reusify = require('reusify')var fib = require('reusify/benchmarks/fib')var instance = reusify(MyObject)
// get an object from the cache,// or creates a new one when cache is emptyvar obj = instance.get()
// set the stateobj.num = 100obj.func()
// reset the state.// if the state contains any external object// do not use delete operator (it is slow)// prefer set them to nullobj.num = 0
// store an object in the cacheinstance.release(obj)
function MyObject () { // you need to define this property // so V8 can compile MyObject into an // hidden class this.next = null this.num = 0
var that = this
// this function is never reallocated, // so it can be optimized by V8 this.func = function () { if (null) { // do nothing } else { // calculates fibonacci fib(that.num) } }}```
The above example was intended for synchronous code, let's see async:```jsvar reusify = require('reusify')var instance = reusify(MyObject)
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) { getData(i, console.log)}
function getData (value, cb) { var obj = instance.get()
obj.value = value obj.cb = cb obj.run()}
function MyObject () { this.next = null this.value = null
var that = this
this.run = function () { asyncOperation(that.value, that.handle) }
this.handle = function (err, result) { that.cb(err, result) that.value = null that.cb = null instance.release(that) }}```
Also note how in the above examples, the code, that consumes an instance of `MyObject`,reset the state to initial condition, just before storing it in the cache.That's needed so that every subsequent request for an instance from the cache,could get a clean instance.
## Why
It is faster because V8 doesn't have to collect all the functions youcreate. On a short-lived benchmark, it is as fast as creating thenested function, but on a longer time frame it creates lesspressure on the garbage collector.
## Other examples
If you want to see some complex example, checkout [middie](https://github.com/fastify/middie) and [steed](https://github.com/mcollina/steed).
## Acknowledgements
Thanks to [Trevor Norris](https://github.com/trevnorris) forgetting me down the rabbit hole of performance, and thanks to [MathiasBuss](http://github.com/mafintosh) for suggesting me to share thistrick.
## License
MIT
[npm-badge]: https://badge.fury.io/js/reusify.svg[npm-url]: https://badge.fury.io/js/reusify
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