tools.py

import time
import cProfile

def timedcall(fn, *args):
    t0 = time.clock()
    result = fn(*args)
    t1 = time.clock()
    return t1-t0, result

def timedcalls(n, fn, *args):
    if isinstance(n, int):
        times = [timedcall(fn, *args)[0] for _ in range(n)]
    else:
        times = []
        while sum(times) <= n:
            times.append(timedcall(fn, *args)[0])
    return min(times), average(times), max(times)

def average(numbers):
    return sum(numbers) / len(numbers)

def profile(fn, *args):
    cProfile.run(fn, *args)