perf(serialize): faster serialization and less bundle size

[zsilbi]

By removing the additional handlers added to Serializer and handling them directly in serialize() we can further improve performance and reduce bundle size. I understand that this breaks the concept of this class but the performance gains worth it in my opinion.

toComparableString() can also be removed because serialize() will be much faster for simple types. (for comparing strings an additional flag is required to further improve performance)

Benchmarks

  ✓ test/benchmarks.bench.ts > benchmarks > all presets 1260ms
     name                  hz     min     max    mean     p75     p99    p995    p999     rme  samples
   · serialize @ main  135.40  6.7750  9.9638  7.3853  7.5288  9.9638  9.9638  9.9638  ±2.03%       68
   · serialize         171.57  5.3166  7.4802  5.8285  6.0204  7.4802  7.4802  7.4802  ±1.23%       86   fastest

 BENCH  Summary

  serialize - test/benchmarks.bench.ts > benchmarks > all presets
    1.27x faster than serialize @ main

 ✓ test/benchmarks.bench.ts > benchmarks > serialize @ main 7424ms
     name                                                            hz     min     max    mean     p75     p99    p995    p999     rme  samples
   · count:1, size:small                                     450,209.10  0.0019  1.2116  0.0022  0.0022  0.0034  0.0038  0.0151  ±0.72%   225105   fastest
   · count:1, size:small, circular:true                      281,593.64  0.0031  1.0305  0.0036  0.0035  0.0056  0.0061  0.0171  ±0.49%   140797
   · count:1, size:large                                      40,754.79  0.0202  1.7321  0.0245  0.0229  0.0500  0.0662  0.5412  ±1.55%    20378
   · count:1, size:large, circular:true                          927.70  0.9855  2.0224  1.0779  1.0585  1.6027  1.6757  2.0224  ±1.11%      464
   · count:1024, size:small, referenced:true                  20,354.41  0.0461  0.4633  0.0491  0.0477  0.0831  0.1424  0.2150  ±0.49%    10178
   · count:1024, size:small, circular:true, referenced:true   20,021.87  0.0467  0.4419  0.0499  0.0483  0.0836  0.1841  0.2717  ±0.61%    10011
   · count:512, size:large, referenced:true                   20,406.62  0.0429  0.6675  0.0490  0.0466  0.0897  0.1307  0.5964  ±1.24%    10204
   · count:512, size:large, circular:true, referenced:true       915.19  1.0006  1.7561  1.0927  1.0809  1.5957  1.6037  1.7561  ±0.98%      458
   · count:256, size:small                                     3,591.03  0.2484  0.9587  0.2785  0.2635  0.5999  0.6587  0.8062  ±1.19%     1796
   · count:256, size:small, circular:true                      3,126.17  0.2876  0.9784  0.3199  0.3027  0.6963  0.7509  0.9127  ±1.21%     1564
   · count:128, size:large                                       887.82  0.9846  2.0978  1.1264  1.0708  2.0229  2.0397  2.0978  ±2.07%      444
   · count:128, size:large, circular:true                        471.27  1.9653  3.3482  2.1219  2.1160  2.9526  3.3247  3.3482  ±1.23%      236   slowest

 ✓ test/benchmarks.bench.ts > benchmarks > serialize 7490ms
     name                                                            hz     min     max    mean     p75     p99    p995    p999     rme  samples
   · count:1, size:small                                     547,060.21  0.0016  0.3810  0.0018  0.0018  0.0029  0.0031  0.0090  ±0.30%   273531   fastest
   · count:1, size:small, circular:true                      356,617.53  0.0024  1.1083  0.0028  0.0028  0.0047  0.0051  0.0192  ±0.62%   178309
   · count:1, size:large                                      49,299.65  0.0173  1.0041  0.0203  0.0192  0.0400  0.0549  0.4269  ±1.33%    24650
   · count:1, size:large, circular:true                        1,108.82  0.8237  1.5761  0.9019  0.8948  1.2724  1.4699  1.5761  ±0.83%      555
   · count:1024, size:small, referenced:true                  80,183.53  0.0109  0.3043  0.0125  0.0118  0.0237  0.0474  0.1564  ±0.67%    40092
   · count:1024, size:small, circular:true, referenced:true   80,623.58  0.0107  0.4726  0.0124  0.0117  0.0235  0.0508  0.1584  ±0.72%    40312
   · count:512, size:large, referenced:true                   36,843.97  0.0225  0.8207  0.0271  0.0250  0.0559  0.0809  0.5625  ±1.51%    18422
   · count:512, size:large, circular:true, referenced:true     1,108.22  0.8278  1.4586  0.9023  0.8929  1.3573  1.4010  1.4586  ±0.97%      555
   · count:256, size:small                                     5,659.69  0.1592  0.7203  0.1767  0.1674  0.4229  0.4749  0.6181  ±0.99%     2831
   · count:256, size:small, circular:true                      5,000.89  0.1826  0.6197  0.2000  0.1908  0.4081  0.4661  0.5316  ±0.81%     2501
   · count:128, size:large                                     1,195.65  0.7192  2.4965  0.8364  0.7873  1.6309  1.7361  2.4965  ±2.08%      598
   · count:128, size:large, circular:true                        553.78  1.5532  3.4270  1.8058  1.7396  3.3216  3.3655  3.4270  ±2.40%      277   slowest

Bundle size

stdout | test/bundle.test.ts > bundle size > serialize @ main
{ bytes: 2449, gzipSize: 1038 }
   
stdout | test/bundle.test.ts > bundle size > serialize
{ bytes: 2327, gzipSize: 976 }

Notes

This modification resulted in +300% performance gains in some presets.

// Slow
const type = typeof value;
switch (type) {
  case "object":
  case "function": {
    // @ts-ignore
    return this["$" + type].call(this, value);
  }
}

// Fast
switch (typeof value) {
  case "object": {
    return this.$object(value);
  }
  case "function": {
    return this.$function(value);
  }
}

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[pi0]

Thnx!