* Warren Bare [200519 13:53]:
> OK, I added a sum of the rand to the demo code and the results are the
> same. Since it is displaying the sum, it seems clear that the code is not
> optimized away.
>
> Again, I am NOT trying to time each iteration of the loop. This is a
> minimal
as was explained, the loop needs to be "for i:=0; i < b.N; i++"
as was mentioned, the compiler's dead code elimination efforts can
frustrate benchmarking. they way to make sure the test code survives is to
not let it be dead code. for example
// external var dummy
func
for i:=0; i < b.N; i++ {
