Re: [boost] [Block Pointer] benchmark

Subject: Re: [boost] [Block Pointer] benchmark
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-25 08:10:21

On 25/05/2011 02:33, Darren Garvey wrote:

> template<typename T, T (*P)()>
> void worker_make()
> {
>      for (int i = 0; i<  100000; ++ i)
>          T p = P();
> }

This is a fairly bad way to write a benchmark, and is likely to yield 
somewhat incorrect results.

You should bench based on an external condition, such as time, rather 
than making a fixed number of iterations.