A python decorator that prints the function execution duration useful for bench-marking.

benchmark.py

def benchmark(func):
    """
    A decorator that prints the function execution duration useful for bench-marking.
    """
    import time
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        t = time.clock()
        res = func(*args, **kwargs)
        print func.__name__, time.clock()-t
        return res
    return wrapper