Update Docs. and Benchmarks

README.md

@@ -120,12 +120,18 @@ hurt parallel performance too much.
 ```go
 $ go test -cpu=4 -bench=. -benchmem=true
 PASS
-BenchmarkField-4	 				 5000000	       314 ns/op	      16 B/op	       1 allocs/op
-BenchmarkFieldOrTag-4	  			  500000	      2425 ns/op	      20 B/op	       2 allocs/op
-BenchmarkStructSimple-4	  			  500000	      3117 ns/op	     553 B/op	      14 allocs/op
-BenchmarkStructSimpleParallel-4	 	 1000000	      1149 ns/op	     553 B/op	      14 allocs/op
-BenchmarkStructComplex-4	  		  100000	     19580 ns/op	    3230 B/op	     102 allocs/op
-BenchmarkStructComplexParallel-4	  200000	      6686 ns/op	    3232 B/op	     102 allocs/op
+BenchmarkFieldSuccess-4					 5000000	       326 ns/op	      16 B/op	       1 allocs/op
+BenchmarkFieldFailure-4					 5000000	       327 ns/op	      16 B/op	       1 allocs/op
+BenchmarkFieldOrTagSuccess-4			  500000	      2738 ns/op	      20 B/op	       2 allocs/op
+BenchmarkFieldOrTagFailure-4			 1000000	      1341 ns/op	     384 B/op	       6 allocs/op
+BenchmarkStructSimpleSuccess-4			 1000000	      1282 ns/op	      24 B/op	       3 allocs/op
+BenchmarkStructSimpleFailure-4			 1000000	      1870 ns/op	     529 B/op	      11 allocs/op
+BenchmarkStructSimpleSuccessParallel-4	 5000000	       348 ns/op	      24 B/op	       3 allocs/op
+BenchmarkStructSimpleFailureParallel-4	 2000000	       807 ns/op	     529 B/op	      11 allocs/op
+BenchmarkStructComplexSuccess-4			  200000	      8081 ns/op	     368 B/op	      30 allocs/op
+BenchmarkStructComplexFailure-4			  100000	     12418 ns/op	    2861 B/op	      72 allocs/op
+BenchmarkStructComplexSuccessParallel-4	  500000	      2249 ns/op	     369 B/op	      30 allocs/op
+BenchmarkStructComplexFailureParallel-4	  300000	      5183 ns/op	    2863 B/op	      72 allocs/op
 ```
 
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benchmarks_test.go

@@ -2,78 +2,92 @@ package validator
 
 import "testing"
 
-func BenchmarkField(b *testing.B) {
+func BenchmarkFieldSuccess(b *testing.B) {
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		validate.Field("1", "len=1")
 	}
 }
 
-func BenchmarkFieldOrTag(b *testing.B) {
+func BenchmarkFieldFailure(b *testing.B) {
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		validate.Field("2", "len=1")
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkFieldOrTagSuccess(b *testing.B) {
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		validate.Field("rgba(0,0,0,1)", "rgb|rgba")
 	}
 }
 
-func BenchmarkStructSimple(b *testing.B) {
+func BenchmarkFieldOrTagFailure(b *testing.B) {
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		validate.Field("#000", "rgb|rgba")
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkStructSimpleSuccess(b *testing.B) {
 
 	type Foo struct {
 		StringValue string `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
 		IntValue    int    `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
 	}
 
 	validFoo := &Foo{StringValue: "Foobar", IntValue: 7}
-	invalidFoo := &Foo{StringValue: "Fo", IntValue: 3}
 
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		validate.Struct(validFoo)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkStructSimpleFailure(b *testing.B) {
+
+	type Foo struct {
+		StringValue string `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
+		IntValue    int    `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
+	}
+
+	invalidFoo := &Foo{StringValue: "Fo", IntValue: 3}
+
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		validate.Struct(invalidFoo)
 	}
 }
 
-func BenchmarkStructSimpleParallel(b *testing.B) {
+func BenchmarkStructSimpleSuccessParallel(b *testing.B) {
 
 	type Foo struct {
 		StringValue string `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
 		IntValue    int    `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
 	}
 
 	validFoo := &Foo{StringValue: "Foobar", IntValue: 7}
-	invalidFoo := &Foo{StringValue: "Fo", IntValue: 3}
 
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
 		for pb.Next() {
 			validate.Struct(validFoo)
-			validate.Struct(invalidFoo)
 		}
 	})
 }
 
-func BenchmarkStructComplex(b *testing.B) {
+func BenchmarkStructSimpleFailureParallel(b *testing.B) {
 
-	tFail := &TestString{
-		Required:  "",
-		Len:       "",
-		Min:       "",
-		Max:       "12345678901",
-		MinMax:    "",
-		Lt:        "0123456789",
-		Lte:       "01234567890",
-		Gt:        "1",
-		Gte:       "1",
-		OmitEmpty: "12345678901",
-		Sub: &SubTest{
-			Test: "",
-		},
-		Anonymous: struct {
-			A string `validate:"required"`
-		}{
-			A: "",
-		},
-		Iface: &Impl{
-			F: "12",
-		},
+	type Foo struct {
+		StringValue string `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
+		IntValue    int    `validate:"min=5,max=10"`
 	}
 
+	invalidFoo := &Foo{StringValue: "Fo", IntValue: 3}
+
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		for pb.Next() {
+			validate.Struct(invalidFoo)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkStructComplexSuccess(b *testing.B) {
+
 	tSuccess := &TestString{
 		Required:  "Required",
 		Len:       "length==10",
@@ -103,11 +117,10 @@ func BenchmarkStructComplex(b *testing.B) {
 
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		validate.Struct(tSuccess)
-		validate.Struct(tFail)
 	}
 }
 
-func BenchmarkStructComplexParallel(b *testing.B) {
+func BenchmarkStructComplexFailure(b *testing.B) {
 
 	tFail := &TestString{
 		Required:  "",
@@ -133,6 +146,13 @@ func BenchmarkStructComplexParallel(b *testing.B) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		validate.Struct(tFail)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkStructComplexSuccessParallel(b *testing.B) {
+
 	tSuccess := &TestString{
 		Required:  "Required",
 		Len:       "length==10",
@@ -163,6 +183,38 @@ func BenchmarkStructComplexParallel(b *testing.B) {
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
 		for pb.Next() {
 			validate.Struct(tSuccess)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkStructComplexFailureParallel(b *testing.B) {
+
+	tFail := &TestString{
+		Required:  "",
+		Len:       "",
+		Min:       "",
+		Max:       "12345678901",
+		MinMax:    "",
+		Lt:        "0123456789",
+		Lte:       "01234567890",
+		Gt:        "1",
+		Gte:       "1",
+		OmitEmpty: "12345678901",
+		Sub: &SubTest{
+			Test: "",
+		},
+		Anonymous: struct {
+			A string `validate:"required"`
+		}{
+			A: "",
+		},
+		Iface: &Impl{
+			F: "12",
+		},
+	}
+
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		for pb.Next() {
 			validate.Struct(tFail)
 		}
 	})

doc.go

@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@ Here is a list of the current built in validators:
 		gt=0 will be applied to []
 		[]string will be spared validation
 		required will be applied to string
-		NOTE: in Example2 if the required validation failed, but all others passed
-		the hierarchy of FieldError's in the middle with have their IsPlaceHolder field
-		set to true. If a FieldError has IsSliceOrMap=true or IsMap=true then the
-		FieldError is a Slice or Map field and if IsPlaceHolder=true then contains errors
-		within its SliceOrArrayErrs or MapErrs fields.
 
 	required
 		This validates that the value is not the data types default value.