Point_benchmark.py

from ctypes import *
from timeit import Timer
from random import randint
from collections import namedtuple

class Point(object):
    x, y = None, None
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x, self.y = x, y
		
class Point_ctypes(Structure):
    _fields_ = [("x", c_int), ("y", c_int)]
  
class Point_slots(object):
    __slots__=['x','y']
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x, self.y = x, y

Point_namedtuple=namedtuple('Point_n',['x','y'])

def sum_(points):
    sum_x,sum_y=0,0
    for point in points:
        sum_x+=point.x
        sum_y+=point.y
    return sum_x,sum_y

def rand_points(abs_point,n=10000):
    return [abs_point(randint(0,1000),randint(0,1000)) for i in xrange(n)]
		
for i in (Point,Point_ctypes,Point_slots,Point_namedtuple):
    points=rand_points(i)
    print i.__name__,Timer('sum_(points)','from __main__ import sum_,points').timeit(number=1000)
    # print i.__name__,Timer('sum([p.x for p in points]),sum([p.y for p in points])','from __main__ import sum_,points').timeit(number=1000)