"Test for benchmarking the RE engine so small.vim if !has("reltime") | finish | endif func! Measure(file, pattern, arg) for re in range(3) let sstart=reltime() let cmd=printf("../vim -u NONE -N --cmd ':set re=%d'". \ " -c 'call search(\"%s\", \"\", \"\", 10000)' -c ':q!' %s", re, escape(a:pattern, '\\'), empty(a:arg) ? '' : a:arg) call system(cmd. ' '. a:file) $put =printf('file: %s, re: %d, time: %s', a:file, re, reltimestr(reltime(sstart))) endfor endfunc