Hi,
You all must be knowing the difference between Ruby string and symbol but i want to prove a point that symbols execution time is less than string.
Try this piece of code in Pry or IRB
require 'benchmark'
str = Benchmark.measure do
10_000_000.times do
"test"
end
end.total
sym = Benchmark.measure do
10_000_000.times do
:test
end
end.total
Comparing symbols is much faster than string:
require 'benchmark'
str = Benchmark.measure do
10_000_000.times do
"test" == "test"
end
end.total
sym = Benchmark.measure do
10_000_000.times do
:test == :test
end
end.total
