PerformanceTest.py

class PerformanceTest(unittest.TestCase):
    iterations = 10000
    display = False 
    def setUp(self):                        
        super(PerformanceTest, self).setUp()
        statprof.start()
                      
    def runTest(self):                   
        for i in xrange(self.iterations):         
            if hasattr(self, 'performanceSample'):
                self.display = True     
                self.performanceSample()
                       
    def tearDown(self):                        
        super(PerformanceTest, self).tearDown()
        statprof.stop() 
        if self.display:                                               
            print '>>> %s (%d iterations) ' % (self.__class__.__name__,
                    self.iterations)
            statprof.display()
                                              
class DynamicCompilationTest(PerformanceTest):
    iterations = 1000000        
    def performanceSample(self):
        template = ''' 
            #import sys
            #import os       
            #def testMethod()          
                #set foo = [1, 2, 3, 4]
                #return $foo[0]
            #end def
        '''                                                    
        template = Cheetah.Template.Template.compile(template, 
            keepRefToGeneratedCode=False)
        template = template()        
        value = template.testMethod()

Results

>>> DynamicCompilationTest (1000000 iterations)
  %   cumulative      self
 time    seconds   seconds  name
 50.82     93.64     74.99  Template.py:1017:__init__
 19.71     35.13     29.08  Template.py:334:compile
  7.80     13.93     11.51  Template.py:1413:_initCheetahInstance
  3.69     11.84      5.44  DynamicallyCompiledCheetahTemplate.py:66:testMethod
  3.60      5.31      5.31  VerifyType.py:40:VerifyType
  3.09      4.56      4.56  DummyTransaction.py:64:__init__
  1.93     96.48      2.85  DynamicallyCompiledCheetahTemplate.py:55:__init__
  1.88    146.23      2.77  Performance.py:107:performanceSample
  1.10      2.24      1.62  VerifyType.py:56:VerifyTypeClass
  1.08      1.60      1.60  Indenter.py:95:__init__
  1.08      1.60      1.60  Template.py:121:valOrDefault
  0.93      1.38      1.38  Servlet.py:51:__init__
  0.90    147.56      1.33  Performance.py:91:runTest
  0.76      1.84      1.12  DummyTransaction.py:67:response
  0.55      0.82      0.82  Filters.py:17:__init__
  0.49      0.72      0.72  DummyTransaction.py:22:__init__
  0.34      0.50      0.50  Template.py:330:_getCompilerSettings
  0.24      0.35      0.35  Template.py:326:_getCompilerClass
  0.01      0.02      0.02  Parser.py:666:matchDirectiveName
  0.00    147.56      0.00  unittest.py:420:run
  0.00    147.56      0.00  unittest.py:692:run
  0.00    147.56      0.00  unittest.py:743:__init__
  0.00    147.56      0.00  Performance.py:3:?
  0.00    147.56      0.00  unittest.py:280:__call__
  0.00    147.56      0.00  unittest.py:245:run
  0.00    147.56      0.00  unittest.py:793:runTests
  0.00    147.56      0.00  unittest.py:427:__call__
  0.00      0.02      0.00  Parser.py:1436:parse
  0.00      0.02      0.00  Compiler.py:1665:compile
  0.00      0.02      0.00  Parser.py:655:matchDirective
---
Sample count: 9219
Total time: 147.560000 seconds
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Ran 3 tests in 148.537s