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+% Copyright (C) 2008 Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com>
+%
+% This file is part of OctaveForge.
+%
+% OctaveForge is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+% the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+% (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+% along with this software; see the file COPYING. If not, see
+% <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+%
+
+% function benchutil_initialize (mfname)
+% initializes a benchmark. The argument passed must be the filename of the
+% function.
+%
+function benchutil_initialize (mfname)
+ [bench_desc, arg_desc, result_desc] = ...
+ benchutil_parse_desc ([mfname, '.m']);
+ assignin ('caller', 'result_desc', result_desc);
+ if (benchutil_verbose)
+ fprintf (1, 'Running benchmark: %s\n', mfname);
+ fwrite (1, bench_desc);
+ fprintf (1, '\n');
+ argns = fieldnames (arg_desc);
+ for argn = argns'
+ argn = argn{1};
+ argv = evalin ('caller', argn);
+ fprintf (1, '%s (%s) = %g\n', arg_desc.(argn), argn, argv);
+ end
+ if (benchutil_is_octave)
+ fflush (1);
+ end
+ end
+
+
+