[issue46500] make timeit module accept files

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Usually, when you benchmark a non-trivial piece of code, you need also to specify a setup code. If the benchmarked code is large enough to be read from a file, the setup code should be read from a file too. The common practice is to write the benchmarked c

[issue46500] make timeit module accept files

Arjun added the comment: I was modifying the try/except/finally/else code generation and wanted to run my own benchmarks. It's cumbersome to edit them in a command to test different variations, especially when you have to indent. -- ___ Python tr

[issue46500] make timeit module accept files

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: This module provides a simple way to time small bits of Python code. What problem are you trying to solve. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker _

[issue46500] make timeit module accept files

Change by Arjun : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +29026 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/30844 ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue46500] make timeit module accept files

New submission from Arjun : currently, timeit accepts programs line by line as commandline arguments. it would be convenient to give it a program as a file to benchmark. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 411448 nosy: CCLDArjun priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: