pypy_test.py

# Testing IO with pypy-c-jit

import sys
import datetime

def readfile(filename):
    f = open(filename, 'r')
    html = f.read()
    f.close()
		
if __name__ == "__main__":
    filename = "test.html"
    loopcount = int(sys.argv[1]) or 10
    print "Number of loops: %s" % loopcount
    
    t0 = datetime.datetime.now()
    for i in range(loopcount):
        readfile(filename)
    t1 = datetime.datetime.now()
    print t1 - t0
    
# Results on my linux/ubuntu dev machine
# With pypy-1.2 downloaded from pypy.org
#
# ~$ pypy-c test2.py 10000
# Number of loops: 10000
# 0:00:06.614613
#
# ~$ python test2.py 10000
# Number of loops: 10000
# 0:00:00.698342