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I have an auto generated module that provides functions exported from a=0A=
c dll. Its rather large and we are considering some dynamic code generation=
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and caching, however before I embark on that I want to test import times.=
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As the module is all auto generated through XSL, things like __all__ are no=
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used,  a consumer only imports one class which has methods for their use.=
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It is the internal supporting classes which are large such as the ctype fun=
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My concern is simply reloading this in Python 3.3+ in a timeit loop is not=
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accurate. What is the best way to do this?=0A=
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