Recursive Python Serialization Benchmarks

serialize_bench_recurse.py

import time
import cPickle as pickle
import simplejson
import json
import cjson

a = {
    'foo': 'bar',
    'food': range(10),
    'good': ['a', 2.45, True],
    'dood': None,
    'wheres your car': u'du\u03A3de?',
}

b = {
    'foo': [a, a, a],
    'food': 'barf',
    'good': 3.1415,
    'dood': None,
    'wheres your car': u'du\u03A3de?',
}

d = {
    'foo': 'bar',
    'food': b,
    'good': [a, a, b],
    'dood': 'wheres your car?',
    'wheres your car': 5.68,
}

print 'Starting json...'
start = time.time()
for i in xrange(100000):
    json.dumps(d)
print 'done:', time.time() - start

print 'Starting simplejson...'
start = time.time()
for i in xrange(100000):
    simplejson.dumps(d)
print 'done:', time.time() - start

print 'Starting cjson...'
start = time.time()
for i in xrange(100000):
    cjson.encode(d)
print 'done:', time.time() - start

print 'Starting pickle...'
start = time.time()
for i in xrange(100000):
    pickle.dumps(d)
print 'done:', time.time() - start

"""
bnewbold@trurl$ python2.7 bench_recurse.py 
Starting json...
done: 3.32014203072
Starting simplejson...
done: 3.58444595337
Starting cjson...
done: 4.02123212814
Starting pickle...
done: 1.48276615143
bnewbold@trurl$ python2.6 bench_recurse.py 
Starting json...
done: 46.5570452213
Starting simplejson...
done: 4.57484912872
Starting cjson...
done: 5.01646113396
Starting pickle...
done: 1.57670092583
"""