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require 'rubygems'
require 'benchmark'

GC.disable

Benchmark.bm do |x|
  x.report('Double Quotes') { 10000000.times { "[WARNING] This is really stupid." } }
  x.report('Single Quotes') { 10000000.times { '[WARNING] This is really stupid.' } }
end

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require 'benchmark'

class A
  def test
    100.times do
      yield
    end
  end
end

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# I hate this pattern, but it's something I have to deal with when parsing XML using HTTParty all the time.

class Object
  def arrayify
    self.is_a?(Array) ? self : [self]
  end
end

hsh = { :name => 'Hashy Mustache' }
arry = [{ :name => 'Mason Arrayson' }]

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require 'rubygems'
require 'benchmark'

test_array = %w(hamburger cheeseburger goatburger veggieburger lettuce tomato ketchup superburger)

Benchmark.bm do |x|
  x.report { 1000000.times { test_array.grep(/burger/) } }
  x.report { 1000000.times { test_array.select { |item| item.match(/burger/) } } }
end

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require 'rubygems'
require 'date'
require 'active_support'
require 'benchmark'

test_time = "2011-01-16 22:48:03 EST"

Benchmark.bm do |x|
  x.report { 100000.times { Time.parse(test_time) } }
  x.report { 100000.times { DateTime.parse(test_time) } }

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module RedisLock
  
  def lock_for_update(key, timeout = 60, max_attempts = 100)
    if self.lock(key, timeout, max_attempts)
      response = yield if block_given?
      self.unlock(key)
      return response
    end
  end
  

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class Hash
  def burgerize_keys!
    self.keys.each { |key| self["#{key}_burger"] = self.delete(key) }
    return self
  end
end


class HashMapEnterpriseEdition < Hash
  def burgerize_keys!

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require 'rubygems'
require 'httparty'

class NFLStream
  
  attr_accessor :current_scores
  
  include HTTParty
  format :json
  base_uri "http://www.nfl.com"

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def puts(s)
  file = File.basename(caller.first)
  super("puts() from #{file}: #{s}")
end

def print(s)
  file = File.basename(caller.first)
  super("print() from #{file}: #{s}")
end

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class Array
  def map_with_index(&block)
    counter = 0
    self.inject([]) { |mapped, item| mapped << block.call(item, counter); counter += 1; mapped }
  end
end