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From:
Dave Mitchell
Date:
October 21, 2014 14:55
Subject:
Re: proposal for performance testing infrastructure
Message ID:
20141021145456.GO5204@iabyn.com
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 02:19:29PM +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> > > I want to discuss some modest proposals for better testing of performance
> > > and optimisations. The first four suggestions are simple, concrete, and (I
> > > hope) non-controversial. The fifth is more woolly and up for discussion.

I've now pushed the branch smoke-me/davem/perf, which does the following:

create t/perf/
create t/perf/opcount.t with a single example test
rename t/op/opt.t -> t/perf/optree.t
create t/perf/speed.t with a single example test
create t/perf/benchmarks with a simple sample benchmark snippet
create t/perf/benchmarks.t that tests the basic syntax of t/perf/benchmarks

I have not yet done (and don't intend to do immediately):

create t/perf/peek.t or similar, to examine SV fields
create tools to run timings and cachegrinds of  t/perf/benchmarks code
    snippets, possibly across multiple perls
create a test file that examines perl -Dfoo debugging output

-- 
A major Starfleet emergency breaks out near the Enterprise, but
fortunately some other ships in the area are able to deal with it to
everyone's satisfaction.
    -- Things That Never Happen in "Star Trek" #13

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