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diff --git a/Doc/library/timeit.rst b/Doc/library/timeit.rst index 57a4834c90..f046591a80 100644 --- a/Doc/library/timeit.rst +++ b/Doc/library/timeit.rst @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ The module defines three convenience functions and a public class: can be controlled by passing a namespace to *globals*. To measure the execution time of the first statement, use the :meth:`.timeit` - method. The :meth:`.repeat` method is a convenience to call :meth:`.timeit` - multiple times and return a list of results. + method. The :meth:`.repeat` and :meth:`.autorange` methods are convenience + methods to call :meth:`.timeit` multiple times. The execution time of *setup* is excluded from the overall timed execution run. @@ -134,6 +134,21 @@ The module defines three convenience functions and a public class: timeit.Timer('for i in range(10): oct(i)', 'gc.enable()').timeit() + .. method:: Timer.autorange(callback=None) + + Automatically determine how many times to call :meth:`.timeit`. + + This is a convenience function that calls :meth:`.timeit` repeatedly + so that the total time >= 0.2 second, returning the eventual + (number of loops, time taken for that number of loops). It calls + :meth:`.timeit` with *number* set to successive powers of ten (10, + 100, 1000, ...) up to a maximum of one billion, until the time taken + is at least 0.2 second, or the maximum is reached. + + If *callback* is given and is not *None*, it will be called after + each trial with two arguments: ``callback(number, time_taken)``. + + .. method:: Timer.repeat(repeat=3, number=1000000) Call :meth:`.timeit` a few times. |