Patches item #1533909, was opened at 2006-08-03 10:32 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1533909&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Library (Lib) Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Erik Demaine (edemaine) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Let timeit accept functions Initial Comment: I see that there is a history of proposed (and rejected) patches to allow timeit to see various module global namespaces, etc. But I'm surprised that no one has proposed the obvious functional solution: allow the arguments (particularly 'stmt') to be functions that get called, instead of strings that get parsed and executed. This does increase the measurement overhead slightly, adding in the function call, but in many cases it is far more useful within scripts. To time some part of the code, you can replace a function call 'foo()' with 'timeit.Timer(foo).timeit()'. I also propose helper functions for use within scripts: timeit.timeit(...) is shorthand for timeit.Timer(...).timeit(...), and timeit.repeat(...) is shorthand for timeit.Timer(...).repeat(...). Now you can replace a function call 'foo()' with 'timeit.timeit(foo)', e.g., 'print "foo takes", timeit.timeit(foo), "seconds"'. Attached is a simple patch implementing both of these changes. Documentation would need updating too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1533909&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Patches mailing list Patches@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/patches
