gistfile1.py

import timeit
import pyamf

class Foo(tuple):
    pass

list_of_foo = []

for x in xrange(1000000):
    list_of_foo.append(Foo(['foo', 'bar', 'baz']))

def encode():
    pyamf.encode(list_of_foo)

t = timeit.Timer('encode', 'from __main__ import encode')
print t.timeit(number=100000)