gistfile1.py

import time
import os
import cPickle as pickle
import cjson
import ujson
import tnetstring


cjson.dumps = cjson.encode
cjson.loads = cjson.decode

d = {
    'foo': 'bar',
    'food': 'barf',
    'good': 'bars',
    'dood': 'wheres your car?',
    'wheres your car': 'dude?',
}
for _ in xrange(100):
    d[os.urandom(20).encode("hex")] = os.urandom(20).encode("hex")


def test_mod(mod, iters=1000000):

    print 'Starting %s...' % mod.__name__
    start = time.time()
    for i in xrange(iters):
        s = mod.dumps(d)
    write = time.time() - start

    start = time.time()
    for i in xrange(iters):
        dl = mod.loads(s)
    read = time.time() - start

    print 'Read: %f, Write: %f, Total %f' % (read, write, read + write)

to_test = [tnetstring, cjson, ujson, pickle]
for mod in to_test:
    test_mod(mod)