Prototype dollar dollar or element.select

Benchmark created by Seengee on

Description

Testing the performance difference between the Prototype methods of $$ and Element.select

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/prototype/1.6.1.0/prototype.js"></script>
<div id="container">
    <span class="testcase">One</span>
    <span class="testcase">Two</span>
    <span class="testcase">Three</span>
    <span class="testcase">Four</span>
</div>

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Dollar-Dollar
$$('.testcase')
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Dollar-Dollar alternate
$$('#container .testcase')
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Element.select
$('container').select('.testcase')
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