perf: run the gc before each run
The python garbage collector is a large source of performance troubles, we run
it right before the timed section to reduce the change for the gc to add noise
to the benchmark.
import os
import sys
import unittest
def main(modulename):
'''run the tests found in module, printing nothing when all tests pass'''
module = sys.modules[modulename]
suite = unittest.defaultTestLoader.loadTestsFromModule(module)
results = unittest.TestResult()
suite.run(results)
if results.errors or results.failures:
for tc, exc in results.errors:
print('ERROR:', tc)
print()
sys.stdout.write(exc)
for tc, exc in results.failures:
print('FAIL:', tc)
print()
sys.stdout.write(exc)
sys.exit(1)
if os.environ.get('SILENT_BE_NOISY'):
main = unittest.main