[Python-checkins] r46146 - sandbox/trunk/rjsh-pybench/pybench.py

[Steve Holden]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
[...]
>>>>The one change I still do want to make is to allow the use of some
>>>>bogomips-like feature to provide scaled testing to ensure that the
>>>>individual test times can more easily be made large enough.
>>>
>>>
>>>Isn't that what the warp factor already implements ?
>>
>>Yes, but not automatically.
> 
> 
> You lost me there :-)
> 
> Do want pybench to automatically scale the warp factor so
> that each run takes e.g. 60 seconds ?
> 
Or provide an option that says *roughly* how long each round should 
take, and to compute an appropriate warp factor.
[...]
> 
>>There's obviously plenty of mileage in the discussion about how to do
>>the timings. I'm just not sure we will come to any reliable conclusion.
> 
> 
> We don't have to decide things today - let's leave it cooking
> for a while until we find suitable solutions for the platforms
> we care about.
> 
Agreed.

regards
  Steve
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