# ctypes_timeit.py

# ctypes_timeit.py

from ctypes import *
import timeit

test = {'direct min': 99, 'ctypes min': 99, 'direct max': 0, 'ctypes max': 0}

def f1():
    global t
    t += 1

def f2():
    p[0] += 1

t = 0
n = c_int(0)
p = pointer(n)

for z in range(10):

    a = timeit.timeit("f1()", setup="from __main__ import f1")
    b = timeit.timeit("f2()", setup="from __main__ import f2")

    print 'direct =', a
    print 'ctypes =', b
    print

    test['direct min'] = min(test['direct min'], a)
    test['ctypes min'] = min(test['ctypes min'], b)
    test['direct max'] = max(test['direct max'], a)
    test['ctypes max'] = max(test['ctypes max'], b)

zzz = 'direct min/ctypes min/direct max/ctypes max'.split('/')
for z in zzz:
    print z, test[z]
print
print(t) # 1000000
print(n.value) # 1000000