timer.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# a file timer
#
# Using Python 3
# from the book learning python

import time
reps = 1000
repslist = range(reps)

def timer(func, *pargs, **kargs):
    start = time.clock()
    for i in repslist:
        ret = func(*pargs, **kargs)
    elapsed = time.clock() - start
    return (elapsed, ret)