bench_collections_counter_init.py

from benchmarker import Benchmarker
import collections

with Benchmarker(width=40, loop=100000) as bm:
    for _ in bm('empty dict'):
        collections.Counter({})
    for _ in bm('none'):
        collections.Counter()

"""
## benchmarker:       release 3.0.1 (for python)
## python platform:   linux2 [GCC 4.6.3]
## python version:    2.7.3
## python executable: /kauli/common/python27/bin/python

##                                           user       sys     total      real
empty dict                                 0.2400    0.0000    0.2400    0.2441
none                                       0.0800    0.0000    0.0800    0.0743

## Ranking                                   real
none                                       0.0743 (100.0%) *************************
empty dict                                 0.2441 ( 30.4%) ********

## Ratio Matrix                              real    [01]    [02]
[01] none                                  0.0743  100.0%  328.6%
[02] empty dict                            0.2441   30.4%  100.0%