simple timing/benchmark mechanism for Ruby

timing_benchmark.rb

class TimingBenchmark
  def measure(label, &block)
    @label_times ||= {}

    start = Time.now
    result = block.call
    @label_times[label] = Time.now - start

    return result
  end

  def printout_times
    @label_times.each do |label, value|
      puts "#{label}: #{value}"
    end
  end
end