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Add Regexp#=== to match and =~ comparison #62

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26 changes: 17 additions & 9 deletions README.md
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String#=~: 891124.1 i/s - 3.30x slower
```

##### `String#match` vs `String#=~` [code ](code/string/match-vs-=~.rb)
##### `Regexp#===` vs `String#match` vs `String#=~` [code ](code/string/===-vs-=~-vs-match.rb)

> :warning: <br>
> Sometimes you can't replace `match` with `=~`, <br>
> This is only useful for cases where you are checking <br>
> for a match and not using the resultant match object.
> for a match and not using the resultant match object. <br>
> :warning: <br>
> `Regexp#===` is fastest but you need to switch the order of arguments.

```
$ ruby -v code/string/match-vs-=~.rb
$ ruby -v code/string/===-vs-=~-vs-match.rb.rb
ruby 2.2.2p95 (2015-04-13 revision 50295) [x86_64-darwin14]

Calculating -------------------------------------
String#=~ 69.889k i/100ms
String#match 66.715k i/100ms
String#=~ 98.184k i/100ms
Regexp#=== 92.382k i/100ms
String#match 83.601k i/100ms
-------------------------------------------------
String#=~ 1.854M (±12.2%) i/s - 9.155M
String#match 1.594M (±11.0%) i/s - 7.939M
String#=~ 2.442M (± 7.6%) i/s - 12.175M
Regexp#=== 2.259M (± 7.9%) i/s - 11.271M
String#match 1.840M (± 7.3%) i/s - 9.196M

Comparison:
String#=~: 1853861.7 i/s
String#match: 1593971.6 i/s - 1.16x slower
String#=~: 2442335.1 i/s
Regexp#===: 2259277.3 i/s - 1.08x slower
String#match: 1839815.4 i/s - 1.33x slower
```

See [#59](https://github.com/JuanitoFatas/fast-ruby/pull/59) for discussions.


##### `String#gsub` vs `String#sub` [code](code/string/gsub-vs-sub.rb)

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require 'benchmark/ips'
require "benchmark/ips"

def fast
def fastest
"foo".freeze =~ /boo/
end

def fast
/boo/ === "foo".freeze
end

def slow
"foo".freeze.match(/boo/)
end

Benchmark.ips do |x|
x.report("String#=~") { fast }
x.report("String#=~") { fastest }
x.report("Regexp#===") { fast }
x.report("String#match") { slow }
x.compare!
end