benchmark -- accurate timing of execution

Synopsis

Usage:

benchmark s
Inputs:
- s, a string, a string containing Macaulay2 code
Outputs:
- a real number, the number of seconds it takes to evaluate the code in s

Produces an accurate timing for the code contained in the string s. The value returned is the number of seconds.

i1 : benchmark "sqrt 2p100000"

o1 = .000796878114728681

o1 : RR (of precision 53)

The snippet of code provided will be run enough times to register meaningfully on the clock, and the garbage collector will be called beforehand.