Create timer.py

tatianab · Oct 17, 2014 · dd59fe2 · dd59fe2
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+# Timer - a quick function to time 
+# how long it takes to compute something
+
+import timeit
+
+def time(functionToCall, repititions):
+    print "TIMER: "
+    setup = "from ellipticcurves import *"
+    timer = timeit.Timer(functionToCall, setup)
+    print timer.timeit(repititions)