from mako.template import Template as Mako from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate as Genshi from contemplate import ConTemplate mako_temp = Mako("""

${name}

""") con_temp = ConTemplate('name.html') gen_temp = Genshi("""

$name

""") def test_mako(): mako_temp.render(name="Guido") def test_genshi(): tmpl.generate(name="Guido").render('xhtml') def test_con(): con_temp.render(locs={'name':'Guido'}) if __name__ == "__main__": from timeit import Timer gen_timer = Timer("test_genshi", "from __main__ import test_genshi") gen_timer.repeat(3, 10000000) gen_results = gen_timer.timeit() print gen_results mako_timer = Timer("test_mako", "from __main__ import test_mako") mako_timer.repeat(3, 10000000) mako_results = mako_timer.timeit() print mako_results con_timer = Timer("test_con", "from __main__ import test_con") con_timer.repeat(3, 10000000) con_results = con_timer.timeit() print con_results print "Contemplate ran %s times as fast as mako" %(mako_results/con_results) print "Contemplate ran %s times as fast as genshi" %(gen_results/con_results)