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Created February 14, 2013 23:49
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Test of double vs single quotes with escaped tabs vs embedded tabs
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quotes_test.rb
require 'benchmark'
n = 10_000_000
Benchmark.bm(24) do |b|
5.times do
b.report('double-quotes with \t') { n.times { "\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t" } }
b.report('double-quotes with <tab>') { n.times { " " } }
b.report('single-quotes with <tab>') { n.times { ' ' } }
end
end
5.times do
Benchmark.bm(24) do |b|
b.report('double-quotes with \t') { n.times { "\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t" } }
b.report('double-quotes with <tab>') { n.times { " " } }
b.report('single-quotes with <tab>') { n.times { ' ' } }
end
end
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