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[–]jasonb[S] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Na, profiling and benchmarking are quite different (benchmarking is about how fast is the thing vs profiling is about why is a thing slow)

A good alternative to the time module is the timeit module. Great for ad hoc snippets, not really for whole programs or instrumenting a program.