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#!/usr/bin/perl
use v5.14;
BEGIN {
eval { require List::Util; List::Util->VERSION(1.56) } or
plan skip_all => "List::Util v1.56 is not available";
}
# This "test" never fails, but prints a benchmark comparison between these
# wrapper functions and the ones in Scalar::Util
use Time::HiRes qw( gettimeofday tv_interval );
sub measure(&)
{
my ( $code ) = @_;
my $start = [ gettimeofday ];
$code->();
return tv_interval $start;
}
my @nums = ( 1 .. 100 );
my $COUNT = 5_000;
my $SOZ_elapsed = 0;
my $LU_elapsed = 0;
# To reduce the influence of bursts of timing noise, interleave many small runs
# of each type.
foreach ( 1 .. 20 ) {
my $overhead = measure {};
$SOZ_elapsed += -$overhead + measure {
my @ret;
( @ret = Syntax::Operator::Zip::zip [1..5], ['a'..'e'] ) for 1 .. $COUNT;
};
$LU_elapsed += -$overhead + measure {
use List::Util 1.56 ();
my @ret;
( @ret = List::Util::zip [1..5], ['a'..'e'] ) for 1 .. $COUNT;
};
}
pass( "Benchmarked" );
if( $SOZ_elapsed > $LU_elapsed ) {
diag( sprintf "List::Util took %.3fsec, ** this was SLOWER at %.3fsec **",
$LU_elapsed, $SOZ_elapsed );
}
else {
my $speedup = ( $LU_elapsed - $SOZ_elapsed ) / $LU_elapsed;
diag( sprintf "List::Util took %.3fsec, this was %d%% faster at %.3fsec",
$LU_elapsed, $speedup * 100, $SOZ_elapsed );
}
done_testing;