Quick python timer example

timer_example.py

import timeit

def func(x, y):
    return x**2 + y**2


def wrapper(func, *args, **kwargs):
    """This enables using a function with arguments with timeit"""
    def wrapped():
        return func(*args, **kwargs)
    return wrapped


def timer(func, *args, **kwargs):
    r = 3
    num = 1000
    wrapped = wrapper(func, *args, **kwargs)
    t = timeit.Timer(wrapped)
    return min(t.repeat(r, number=num))/num


def main():
    print timer(func, 3, 4)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()