from msgpack import fallback try: from msgpack import _unpacker, _packer has_ext = True except ImportError: has_ext = False import timeit def profile(name, func): times = timeit.repeat(func, number=1000, repeat=4) times = ', '.join(["%8f" % t for t in times]) print("%-30s %40s" % (name, times)) def simple(name, data): if has_ext: profile("packing %s (ext)" % name, lambda: _packer.packb(data)) profile('packing %s (fallback)' % name, lambda: fallback.packb(data)) data = fallback.packb(data) if has_ext: profile('unpacking %s (ext)' % name, lambda: _unpacker.unpackb(data)) profile('unpacking %s (fallback)' % name, lambda: fallback.unpackb(data)) def main(): simple("integers", [7]*10000) simple("bytes", [b'x'*n for n in range(100)]*10) simple("lists", [[]]*10000) simple("dicts", [{}]*10000) main()