decompress.py

import lzma
import time

def benchmark_lzma_decompressor(compressed_data):
    # Start the timer
    start_time = time.time()

    # Create an LZMADecompressor object
    decompressor = lzma.LZMADecompressor()

    # Perform decompression
    try:
        decompressed_data = decompressor.decompress(compressed_data)
    except lzma.LZMAError as e:
        print(f"Decompression error: {e}")
        return None

    # Stop the timer
    end_time = time.time()

    # Calculate the time taken
    time_taken = end_time - start_time
    print(f"Time taken to decompress: {time_taken:.6f} seconds")

    return decompressed_data

# Sample compressed data (replace this with your actual compressed data)
compressed_data = lzma.compress(b"Test data to compress and benchmark" * 1000)

# Call the benchmark function
benchmark_lzma_decompressor(compressed_data)