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fast-messageformat-parser
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Hand-written ICU MessageFormat parser with compatible output as [`intl-messageformat-parser`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/intl-messageformat-parser) but 6 - 10 times as fast.
Hand-written ICU MessageFormat parser with compatible output as
intl-messageformat-parser
but 6 - 10 times as fast.
$ node benchmark
complex_msg AST length 10861
normal_msg AST length 1665
simple_msg AST length 364
string_msg AST length 131
== Baseline ==
complex_msg x 4,884 ops/sec ±0.97% (91 runs sampled)
normal_msg x 40,113 ops/sec ±1.08% (92 runs sampled)
simple_msg x 200,401 ops/sec ±1.12% (91 runs sampled)
string_msg x 241,103 ops/sec ±0.84% (92 runs sampled)
== This package ==
complex_msg x 31,590 ops/sec ±0.80% (88 runs sampled)
normal_msg x 278,703 ops/sec ±0.83% (95 runs sampled)
simple_msg x 2,038,061 ops/sec ±0.90% (96 runs sampled)
string_msg x 2,392,794 ops/sec ±0.67% (96 runs sampled)
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Hand-written ICU MessageFormat parser with compatible output as [`intl-messageformat-parser`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/intl-messageformat-parser) but 6 - 10 times as fast.
We found that fast-messageformat-parser demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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