gistfile1.py

"""
$ cat testar.thrift

struct Testar {
        1: i32 heltal = 42,
        2: optional string texten,
        3: optional string mertext = 'foo',
        4: optional map<string,string> properties
}

$ thrift --gen py testar.thrift
"""

from cStringIO import StringIO
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, 'gen-py')

import msgpack
from thrift.transport import TTransport
from thrift.protocol import TBinaryProtocol

from testar import *
from testar.ttypes import *

obj_dict = dict(heltal=42, mertext='foo', texten=None, properties={'baz': '33', 'foo': '11', 'bar': '22'})
obj = Testar(**obj_dict)

def testit(n=1000):
    transport = TTransport.TMemoryBuffer()
    prot = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocolAccelerated(transport)
    for i in xrange(n):
        obj.write(prot)
    return transport.getvalue()

def testit_msgpack(n=1000):
    packer = msgpack.Packer()
    buf = StringIO()
    for i in xrange(n):
        buf.write(packer.pack(obj_dict))
    return buf.getvalue()

"""
$ ipython testar.py 
Python 2.4.3 (#1, Sep  3 2009, 15:37:37) 
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 0.10 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help      -> Python's own help system.
object?   -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.

1 >>> %timeit s=testit()
100 loops, best of 3: 3.52 ms per loop

2 >>> %timeit s=testit_msgpack()
100 loops, best of 3: 4.82 ms per loop
"""