new benchmark, benchs.ml; drop use of "bench" package

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Simon Cruanes 2014-11-13 11:44:59 +01:00
parent 07f608009a
commit aa86a5454b
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@ -155,7 +155,16 @@ Executable benchs
CompiledObject: native
Build$: flag(bench)
MainIs: benchs.ml
BuildDepends: containers,containers.string,containers.misc,bench,containers.advanced
BuildDepends: containers,benchmark
Executable bench_tbl
Path: benchs/
Install: false
CompiledObject: native
Build$: flag(bench)
MainIs: bench_tbl.ml
BuildDepends: containers, containers.string, containers.misc,
benchmark, containers.advanced
Executable bench_conv
Path: benchs/

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@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ module Make(C : COLL) = struct
Benchmark.tabulate res
let bench () =
bench_for 1 100;
bench_for 4 100_000;
bench_for 4 1_000_000;
bench_for ~time:1 100;
bench_for ~time:4 100_000;
bench_for ~time:4 1_000_000;
()
end

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(** Benchmarking *)
(** {2 hashtables} *)
module IHashtbl = Hashtbl.Make(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
module IFlatHashtbl = FlatHashtbl.Make(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
module IFHashtbl = FHashtbl.Tree(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
module IPersistentHashtbl = CCPersistentHashtbl.Make(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
module IMap = Map.Make(struct
type t = int
let compare i j = i - j
end)
module ICCHashtbl = CCFlatHashtbl.Make(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
let phashtbl_add n =
let h = PHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = n downto 0 do
PHashtbl.add h i i;
done;
h
let hashtbl_add n =
let h = Hashtbl.create 50 in
for i = n downto 0 do
Hashtbl.add h i i;
done;
h
let ihashtbl_add n =
let h = IHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = n downto 0 do
IHashtbl.add h i i;
done;
h
let iflathashtbl_add n =
let h = IFlatHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = n downto 0 do
IFlatHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
h
let ifhashtbl_add n =
let h = ref (IFHashtbl.empty 32) in
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IFHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
!h
let skiplist_add n =
let l = SkipList.create compare in
for i = n downto 0 do
SkipList.add l i i;
done;
l
let ipersistenthashtbl_add n =
let h = ref (IPersistentHashtbl.create 32) in
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IPersistentHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
!h
let imap_add n =
let h = ref IMap.empty in
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IMap.add i i !h;
done;
!h
let icchashtbl_add n =
let h = ICCHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = n downto 0 do
ICCHashtbl.add h i i;
done;
h
let bench_maps1 () =
Format.printf "----------------------------------------@.";
let n = 100 in
let res = Benchmark.throughputN 3
["phashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (phashtbl_add n)), n;
"hashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (hashtbl_add n)), n;
"ihashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (ihashtbl_add n)), n;
"iflathashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (iflathashtbl_add n)), n;
"ifhashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (ifhashtbl_add n)), n;
"ipersistenthashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (ipersistenthashtbl_add n)), n;
"skiplist_add", (fun n -> ignore (skiplist_add n)), n;
"imap_add", (fun n -> ignore (imap_add n)), n;
"ccflathashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (icchashtbl_add n)), n;
]
in
Benchmark.tabulate res
let phashtbl_replace n =
let h = PHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = 0 to n do
PHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
PHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
h
let hashtbl_replace n =
let h = Hashtbl.create 50 in
for i = 0 to n do
Hashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
Hashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
h
let ihashtbl_replace n =
let h = IHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = 0 to n do
IHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
IHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
h
let iflathashtbl_replace n =
let h = IFlatHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = 0 to n do
IFlatHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
IFlatHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
h
let ifhashtbl_replace n =
let h = ref (IFHashtbl.empty 32) in
for i = 0 to n do
h := IFHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IFHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
!h
let ipersistenthashtbl_replace n =
let h = ref (IPersistentHashtbl.create 32) in
for i = 0 to n do
h := IPersistentHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IPersistentHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
!h
let skiplist_replace n =
let l = SkipList.create compare in
for i = 0 to n do
SkipList.add l i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
SkipList.add l i i;
done;
l
let imap_replace n =
let h = ref IMap.empty in
for i = 0 to n do
h := IMap.add i i !h;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IMap.add i i !h;
done;
!h
let icchashtbl_replace n =
let h = ICCHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = 0 to n do
ICCHashtbl.add h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
ICCHashtbl.add h i i;
done;
h
let bench_maps2 () =
Format.printf "----------------------------------------@.";
let n = 100 in
let res = Benchmark.throughputN 3
["phashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (phashtbl_replace n)), n;
"hashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (hashtbl_replace n)), n;
"ihashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (ihashtbl_replace n)), n;
"iflathashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (iflathashtbl_replace n)), n;
"ifhashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (ifhashtbl_replace n)), n;
"ipersistenthashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (ipersistenthashtbl_replace n)), n;
"skiplist_replace", (fun n -> ignore (skiplist_replace n)), n;
"imap_replace", (fun n -> ignore (imap_replace n)), n;
"ccflathashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (icchashtbl_replace n)), n;
]
in
Benchmark.tabulate res
let my_len = 250
let phashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (PHashtbl.find h i);
done
let hashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (Hashtbl.find h i);
done
let ihashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (IHashtbl.find h i);
done
let iflathashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (IFlatHashtbl.find h i);
done
let ifhashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (IFHashtbl.find h i);
done
let ipersistenthashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (IPersistentHashtbl.find h i);
done
let skiplist_find l =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (SkipList.find l i);
done
let array_find a =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (Array.get a i);
done
let imap_find m =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (IMap.find i m);
done
let icchashtbl_find m =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (ICCHashtbl.get_exn i m);
done
let bench_maps3 () =
List.iter
(fun len ->
let h = phashtbl_add len in
let h' = hashtbl_add len in
let h'' = ihashtbl_add len in
let h''' = iflathashtbl_add len in
let h'''' = ifhashtbl_add len in
let h''''' = ipersistenthashtbl_add len in
let l = skiplist_add len in
let a = Array.init len (fun i -> string_of_int i) in
let m = imap_add len in
let h'''''' = icchashtbl_add len in
Format.printf "----------------------------------------@.";
Format.printf "try on size %d@.@.@." len;
let res = Benchmark.throughputN 3 [
"phashtbl_find", (fun () -> phashtbl_find h len), ();
"hashtbl_find", (fun () -> hashtbl_find h' len), ();
"ihashtbl_find", (fun () -> ihashtbl_find h'' len), ();
"iflathashtbl_find", (fun () -> iflathashtbl_find h''' len), ();
"ifhashtbl_find", (fun () -> ifhashtbl_find h'''' len), ();
"ipersistenthashtbl_find", (fun () -> ipersistenthashtbl_find h''''' len), ();
"skiplist_find", (fun () -> skiplist_find l len), ();
"array_find", (fun () -> array_find a len), ();
"imap_find", (fun () -> imap_find m len), ();
"cchashtbl_find", (fun () -> icchashtbl_find h'''''' len), ();
] in
Benchmark.tabulate res)
[10;20;100;1000;10000]
let bench_maps() =
bench_maps1 ();
bench_maps2 ();
bench_maps3 ();
()
(** {2 Sequence/Gen} *)
let bench_enum () =
let n = 1_000_000 in
let seq () = CCSequence.fold (+) 0 (CCSequence.int_range ~start:0 ~stop:n) in
let enum () = CCGen.fold (+) 0 (CCGen.int_range 0 n) in
let res = Benchmark.throughputN 3
[ "sequence.fold", seq, ();
"gen.fold", enum, ();
] in
Benchmark.tabulate res;
let n = 100_000 in
let seq () =
let open CCSequence in
let seq = int_range ~start:0 ~stop:n in
let seq = flatMap (fun x -> int_range ~start:x ~stop:(x+10)) seq in
fold (+) 0 seq in
let enum () =
let open CCGen in
let seq = int_range 0 n in
let seq = flat_map (fun x -> int_range x (x+10)) seq in
fold (+) 0 seq in
let res = Benchmark.throughputN 3
[ "sequence.flatMap", seq, ();
"gen.flatMap", enum, ();
] in
Benchmark.tabulate res
(** {2 Cache} *)
(** Cached fibonacci function *)
module Fibo(C : Cache.S with type key = int) = struct
let fib ~size =
let fib fib' n =
match n with
| 0 -> 0
| 1 -> 1
| 2 -> 1
| n ->
fib' (n-1) + fib' (n-2)
in
let cache = C.create size in
let cached_fib x = C.with_cache_rec cache fib x in
cached_fib
end
module LinearIntCache = Cache.Linear(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
end)
module ReplacingIntCache = Cache.Replacing(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
module LRUIntCache = Cache.LRU(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
module DummyIntCache = Cache.Dummy(struct type t = int end)
let bench_cache () =
(* Fibonacci for those caching implementations *)
let module LinearFibo = Fibo(LinearIntCache) in
let module ReplacingFibo = Fibo(ReplacingIntCache) in
let module LRUFibo= Fibo(LRUIntCache) in
let module DummyFibo = Fibo(DummyIntCache) in
(* benchmark caches with fibo function *)
let bench_fib fib () =
ignore (List.map fib [5;10;20;30;35]);
()
in
let res = Benchmark.throughputN 3
[ "linear_fib", bench_fib (LinearFibo.fib ~size:5), ();
"replacing_fib", bench_fib (ReplacingFibo.fib ~size:256), ();
"LRU_fib", bench_fib (LRUFibo.fib ~size:256), ();
"dummy_fib", bench_fib (DummyFibo.fib ~size:5), ();
] in
Benchmark.tabulate res;
()
let _ =
match Sys.argv with
| [| _; "maps" |] -> bench_maps ()
| [| _; "enum" |] -> bench_enum ()
| [| _; "cache" |] -> bench_cache ()
| [| _; ("-help" | "--help") |] -> print_endline "./benchs [maps|enum|cache]"
| [| _ |] ->
bench_enum ();
bench_maps ();
bench_cache ();
()
| _ -> failwith "unknown argument (-help)"

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(** Generic benchs *)
(** Benchmarking *)
(** {2 hashtables} *)
let draw_line () =
output_string stdout (CCString.repeat "*" 80);
output_char stdout '\n'
module IHashtbl = Hashtbl.Make(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
module L = struct
module IFlatHashtbl = FlatHashtbl.Make(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
let f_ x =
if x mod 10 = 0 then []
else if x mod 5 = 1 then [x;x+1]
else [x;x+1;x+2;x+3]
module IFHashtbl = FHashtbl.Tree(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
let bench_flatmap ?(time=2) n =
draw_line ();
Printf.printf "flat_map for %d elements\n" n;
let l = CCList.(1 -- n) in
let res = Benchmark.throughputN time
[ "flat_map", CCList.flat_map f_, l
; "flatten o CCList.map", (fun l -> List.flatten (CCList.map f_ l)), l
; "flatten o map", (fun l -> List.flatten (List.map f_ l)), l
] in
Benchmark.tabulate res
module IPersistentHashtbl = CCPersistentHashtbl.Make(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
module IMap = Map.Make(struct
type t = int
let compare i j = i - j
end)
module ICCHashtbl = CCFlatHashtbl.Make(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
let phashtbl_add n =
let h = PHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = n downto 0 do
PHashtbl.add h i i;
done;
h
let hashtbl_add n =
let h = Hashtbl.create 50 in
for i = n downto 0 do
Hashtbl.add h i i;
done;
h
let ihashtbl_add n =
let h = IHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = n downto 0 do
IHashtbl.add h i i;
done;
h
let iflathashtbl_add n =
let h = IFlatHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = n downto 0 do
IFlatHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
h
let ifhashtbl_add n =
let h = ref (IFHashtbl.empty 32) in
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IFHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
!h
let skiplist_add n =
let l = SkipList.create compare in
for i = n downto 0 do
SkipList.add l i i;
done;
l
let ipersistenthashtbl_add n =
let h = ref (IPersistentHashtbl.create 32) in
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IPersistentHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
!h
let imap_add n =
let h = ref IMap.empty in
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IMap.add i i !h;
done;
!h
let icchashtbl_add n =
let h = ICCHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = n downto 0 do
ICCHashtbl.add h i i;
done;
h
let bench_maps1 () =
Format.printf "----------------------------------------@.";
let res = Bench.bench_n
["phashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (phashtbl_add n));
"hashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (hashtbl_add n));
"ihashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (ihashtbl_add n));
"iflathashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (iflathashtbl_add n));
"ifhashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (ifhashtbl_add n));
"ipersistenthashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (ipersistenthashtbl_add n));
"skiplist_add", (fun n -> ignore (skiplist_add n));
"imap_add", (fun n -> ignore (imap_add n));
"ccflathashtbl_add", (fun n -> ignore (icchashtbl_add n))
]
in
Bench.summarize 1. res
let phashtbl_replace n =
let h = PHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = 0 to n do
PHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
PHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
h
let hashtbl_replace n =
let h = Hashtbl.create 50 in
for i = 0 to n do
Hashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
Hashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
h
let ihashtbl_replace n =
let h = IHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = 0 to n do
IHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
IHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
h
let iflathashtbl_replace n =
let h = IFlatHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = 0 to n do
IFlatHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
IFlatHashtbl.replace h i i;
done;
h
let ifhashtbl_replace n =
let h = ref (IFHashtbl.empty 32) in
for i = 0 to n do
h := IFHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IFHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
!h
let ipersistenthashtbl_replace n =
let h = ref (IPersistentHashtbl.create 32) in
for i = 0 to n do
h := IPersistentHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IPersistentHashtbl.replace !h i i;
done;
!h
let skiplist_replace n =
let l = SkipList.create compare in
for i = 0 to n do
SkipList.add l i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
SkipList.add l i i;
done;
l
let imap_replace n =
let h = ref IMap.empty in
for i = 0 to n do
h := IMap.add i i !h;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
h := IMap.add i i !h;
done;
!h
let icchashtbl_replace n =
let h = ICCHashtbl.create 50 in
for i = 0 to n do
ICCHashtbl.add h i i;
done;
for i = n downto 0 do
ICCHashtbl.add h i i;
done;
h
let bench_maps2 () =
Format.printf "----------------------------------------@.";
let res = Bench.bench_n
["phashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (phashtbl_replace n));
"hashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (hashtbl_replace n));
"ihashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (ihashtbl_replace n));
"iflathashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (iflathashtbl_replace n));
"ifhashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (ifhashtbl_replace n));
"ipersistenthashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (ipersistenthashtbl_replace n));
"skiplist_replace", (fun n -> ignore (skiplist_replace n));
"imap_replace", (fun n -> ignore (imap_replace n));
"ccflathashtbl_replace", (fun n -> ignore (icchashtbl_replace n));
]
in
Bench.summarize 1. res
let my_len = 250
let phashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (PHashtbl.find h i);
done
let hashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (Hashtbl.find h i);
done
let ihashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (IHashtbl.find h i);
done
let iflathashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (IFlatHashtbl.find h i);
done
let ifhashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (IFHashtbl.find h i);
done
let ipersistenthashtbl_find h =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (IPersistentHashtbl.find h i);
done
let skiplist_find l =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (SkipList.find l i);
done
let array_find a =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (Array.get a i);
done
let imap_find m =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (IMap.find i m);
done
let icchashtbl_find m =
fun n ->
for i = 0 to n-1 do
ignore (ICCHashtbl.get_exn i m);
done
let bench_maps3 () =
List.iter
(fun len ->
let h = phashtbl_add len in
let h' = hashtbl_add len in
let h'' = ihashtbl_add len in
let h''' = iflathashtbl_add len in
let h'''' = ifhashtbl_add len in
let h''''' = ipersistenthashtbl_add len in
let l = skiplist_add len in
let a = Array.init len (fun i -> string_of_int i) in
let m = imap_add len in
let h'''''' = icchashtbl_add len in
Format.printf "----------------------------------------@.";
Format.printf "try on size %d@.@.@." len;
Bench.bench [
"phashtbl_find", (fun () -> phashtbl_find h len);
"hashtbl_find", (fun () -> hashtbl_find h' len);
"ihashtbl_find", (fun () -> ihashtbl_find h'' len);
"iflathashtbl_find", (fun () -> iflathashtbl_find h''' len);
"ifhashtbl_find", (fun () -> ifhashtbl_find h'''' len);
"ipersistenthashtbl_find", (fun () -> ipersistenthashtbl_find h''''' len);
"skiplist_find", (fun () -> skiplist_find l len);
"array_find", (fun () -> array_find a len);
"imap_find", (fun () -> imap_find m len);
"cchashtbl_find", (fun () -> icchashtbl_find h'''''' len);
])
[10;20;100;1000;10000]
let bench_maps() =
bench_maps1 ();
bench_maps2 ();
bench_maps3 ();
()
(** {2 Sequence/Gen} *)
let bench_enum () =
let n = 1_000_000 in
let seq () = CCSequence.fold (+) 0 (CCSequence.int_range ~start:0 ~stop:n) in
let enum () = CCGen.fold (+) 0 (CCGen.int_range 0 n) in
Bench.bench
[ "sequence.fold", seq;
"gen.fold", enum;
];
let n = 100_000 in
let seq () =
let open CCSequence in
let seq = int_range ~start:0 ~stop:n in
let seq = flatMap (fun x -> int_range ~start:x ~stop:(x+10)) seq in
fold (+) 0 seq in
let enum () =
let open CCGen in
let seq = int_range 0 n in
let seq = flat_map (fun x -> int_range x (x+10)) seq in
fold (+) 0 seq in
Bench.bench
[ "sequence.flatMap", seq;
"gen.flatMap", enum;
]
(** {2 Cache} *)
(** Cached fibonacci function *)
module Fibo(C : Cache.S with type key = int) = struct
let fib ~size =
let rec fib fib' n =
match n with
| 0 -> 0
| 1 -> 1
| 2 -> 1
| n ->
fib' (n-1) + fib' (n-2)
in
let cache = C.create size in
let cached_fib x = C.with_cache_rec cache fib x in
cached_fib
let run() =
bench_flatmap 100;
bench_flatmap 10_000;
bench_flatmap ~time:4 100_000;
()
end
module LinearIntCache = Cache.Linear(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
end)
(* TODO *)
module ReplacingIntCache = Cache.Replacing(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
module LRUIntCache = Cache.LRU(struct
type t = int
let equal i j = i = j
let hash i = i
end)
module DummyIntCache = Cache.Dummy(struct type t = int end)
let bench_cache () =
(* Fibonacci for those caching implementations *)
let module LinearFibo = Fibo(LinearIntCache) in
let module ReplacingFibo = Fibo(ReplacingIntCache) in
let module LRUFibo= Fibo(LRUIntCache) in
let module DummyFibo = Fibo(DummyIntCache) in
(* benchmark caches with fibo function *)
let bench_fib fib () =
ignore (List.map fib [5;10;20;30;35]);
()
in
let conf = Bench.config in
conf.Bench.samples <- 100;
Bench.bench
[ "linear_fib", bench_fib (LinearFibo.fib ~size:5);
"replacing_fib", bench_fib (ReplacingFibo.fib ~size:256);
"LRU_fib", bench_fib (LRUFibo.fib ~size:256);
"dummy_fib", bench_fib (DummyFibo.fib ~size:5);
];
conf.Bench.samples <- 1000;
let () =
L.run ();
()
let _ =
match Sys.argv with
| [| _; "maps" |] -> bench_maps ()
| [| _; "enum" |] -> bench_enum ()
| [| _; "cache" |] -> bench_cache ()
| [| _; ("-help" | "--help") |] -> print_endline "./benchs [maps|enum|cache]"
| [| _ |] ->
bench_enum ();
bench_maps ();
bench_cache ();
()
| _ -> failwith "unknown argument (-help)"