From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2008-06-12T05:51:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Bench 1.0.0 released



On Jun 10, 3:34 pm, Jan Friedrich <janfri.rubyfo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bench version 1.0.0 released!http://bench.rubyforge.org
>
> == DESCRIPTION
>
> Do you remeber how to use the benchmark library from the Ruby standard
> lib? I don't.
>
> Now you need not to remember, there is Bench: A DSL around the benchmark
> lib of the Ruby
> standard lib with the goal to make benchmarking as easy as possible.
>
> == SYNOPSIS
>
> Adapted example of the benchmark documentation from the pickaxe version 2
> page 657
>
>   require 'bench'
>
>   string = 'Stormy Weather'
>   m = string.method(:length)
>
>   benchmark 'code' do
>     m.call
>   end
>
>   benchmark 'send' do
>     string.send(:length)
>   end
>
>   benchmark 'eval' do
>     eval "string.length"
>   end
>
>   run 10_000

What is the underlying translation of benchmark? I.e. the original
Benchmark library has a few different methods, which did you use? I
like the simplicity of your DSL. In the long run it might be nice to
see this advance beyond a dependency on the original benchmark
library.

T.