[issue2527] Pass a namespace to timeit

[Alexander Belopolsky]

Alexander Belopolsky <belopolsky at users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Peter Otten <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:

>  Alexander, I'm fine with a more specific argument name. ns was what
>  the Timer already used internally.
>

Maybe it should be "locals" after all.  It does not look like the
conflict with builtin locals() is an issue.  Note that this is what
__import__ uses.  I still recommend adding globals argument as well
for completeness and more accurate timings when timed code uses
globals.

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