"""Sort performance test. See main() for command line syntax. See tabulate() for output format. """ import sys import time import random import marshal import tempfile import operator import os td = tempfile.gettempdir() def randrange(n): """Return a random shuffle of range(n).""" fn = os.path.join(td, "rr%06d" % n) try: fp = open(fn, "rb") except IOError: result = [] for i in range(n): result.append(random.random()) try: try: fp = open(fn, "wb") marshal.dump(result, fp) fp.close() fp = None finally: if fp: try: os.unlink(fn) except os.error: pass except IOError, msg: print "can't write", fn, ":", msg else: result = marshal.load(fp) fp.close() ##assert len(result) == n # Shuffle it a bit... for i in range(10): i = random.randint(0, n-1) temp = result[:i] del result[:i] temp.reverse() result[len(result):] = temp del temp return result def fl(): sys.stdout.flush() def doit(L): t0 = time.clock() L.sort() t1 = time.clock() print "%6.2f" % (t1-t0), fl() def tabulate(r): """Tabulate sort speed for lists of various sizes. The sizes are 2**i for i in r (the argument, a list). The output displays i, 2**i, and the time to sort arrays of 2**i floating point numbers with the following properties: *sort: random data \sort: descending data /sort: ascending data ~sort: many duplicates -sort: all equal """ fmt = ("%2s %6s" + " %6s"*5) print fmt % ("i", "2**i", "*sort", "\\sort", "/sort", "~sort", "-sort") for i in r: n = 1< 4: del L[4:] L = L*(n/4) L = map(lambda x: --x, L) doit(L) # ~sort del L L = map(abs, [-0.5]*n) doit(L) # -sort print def main(): """Main program when invoked as a script. One argument: tabulate a single row. Two arguments: tabulate a range (inclusive). Extra arguments are used to seed the random generator. """ import string # default range (inclusive) k1 = 15 k2 = 19 if sys.argv[1:]: # one argument: single point k1 = k2 = string.atoi(sys.argv[1]) if sys.argv[2:]: # two arguments: specify range k2 = string.atoi(sys.argv[2]) if sys.argv[3:]: # derive random seed from remaining arguments x, y, z = 0, 0, 0 for a in sys.argv[3:]: h = hash(a) h, d = divmod(h, 256) h = h & 0xffffff x = (x^h^d) & 255 h = h>>8 y = (y^h^d) & 255 h = h>>8 z = (z^h^d) & 255 random.seed(x, y, z) r = range(k1, k2+1) # include the end point tabulate(r) if __name__ == '__main__': main()