maybeint and maybefloat tests

results.txt

julia> time_int64(10^8, "23423432423")
maybeint64:
elapsed time: 9.7062274 seconds (0 bytes allocated)
int64:
elapsed time: 12.49588723 seconds (0 bytes allocated)

julia> time_float32(10^8, "23423432423.234234324324")
maybefloat32:
elapsed time: 7.356884435 seconds (0 bytes allocated)
float32:
elapsed time: 9.496854888 seconds (1600000000 bytes allocated, 6.78% gc time)

julia> time_float64(10^8, "23423432423.234234324324")
maybefloat64:
elapsed time: 15.34450968 seconds (0 bytes allocated)
float64:
elapsed time: 16.635047832 seconds (1600000000 bytes allocated, 3.56% gc time)

testmaybe.jl

function time_int64(N::Int64, s::AbstractString)
    println("maybeint64:")
    gc()
    @time for i in 1:N
        f1 = maybeint(Int64, s)
    end

    println("int64:")
    gc()
    @time for i in 1:N
        f2 = int64(s)
    end
end

function time_float64(N::Int64, s::AbstractString)
    println("maybefloat64:")
    gc()
    @time for i in 1:N
        f1 = maybefloat64(s)
    end

    println("float64:")
    gc()
    @time for i in 1:N
        f2 = float64(s)
    end
end

function time_float32(N::Int64, s::AbstractString)
    gc()
    println("maybefloat32:")
    @time for i in 1:N
        f1::Nullable{Float32} = maybefloat32(s)
    end
    gc()
    println("float32:")
    @time for i in 1:N
        f2 = float32(s)
    end
end

time_int64(10^8, "23423432423")
time_float32(10^8, "23423432423.234234324324")
time_float64(10^8, "23423432423.234234324324")