Timing a function object versus timeit

[Carl Banks]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> The timeit module is ideal for measuring small code snippets; I want to
> measure large function objects.
>
> Because the timeit module takes the code snippet argument as a string, it
> is quite handy to use from the command line, but it is less convenient for
> timing large pieces of code or when working in the interactive
> interpreter. E.g. variations on this *don't* work:
[snip]
> Do others have other suggestions or techniques they use?


Python 2.4.3 (#2, Jun 19 2006, 12:51:44)
[GCC 4.0.3 20060212 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-9)] on linux2
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>>> def foo(x):
...     return x+1
...
>>> import timeit
>>> timeit.Timer("foo(1)","from __main__ import foo")
1.1497418880462646


Carl Banks