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+/*
+Test performance of native C UUID generation
+
+To Compile: cc -luuid benchmark-native.c -o benchmark-native
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <uuid/uuid.h>
+
+int main() {
+ uuid_t myid;
+ char buf[36+1];
+ int i;
+ struct timeval t;
+ double start, finish;
+
+ gettimeofday(&t, NULL);
+ start = t.tv_sec + t.tv_usec/1e6;
+
+ int n = 2e5;
+ for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+ uuid_generate(myid);
+ uuid_unparse(myid, buf);
+ }
+
+ gettimeofday(&t, NULL);
+ finish = t.tv_sec + t.tv_usec/1e6;
+ double dur = finish - start;
+
+ printf("%d uuids/sec", (int)(n/dur));
+ return 0;
+}