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$ hyperfine --warmup 8 "./python -c 'import tomllib'" "./python -c 'pass'"
Benchmark 1: ./python -c 'import tomllib'
  Time (mean ± σ):      70.3 ms ±   1.8 ms    [User: 66.0 ms, System: 4.3 ms]
  Range (min … max):    68.6 ms …  76.8 ms    41 runs
 
Benchmark 2: ./python -c 'pass'
  Time (mean ± σ):      26.2 ms ±   0.7 ms    [User: 23.3 ms, System: 3.0 ms]
  Range (min … max):    25.1 ms …  29.7 ms    110 runs
 
Summary
  './python -c 'pass'' ran
    2.69 ± 0.10 times faster than './python -c 'import tomllib''

$ hyperfine --warmup 8 "./python -c 'import tomllib'" "./python -c 'pass'"
Benchmark 1: ./python -c 'import tomllib'
  Time (mean ± σ):      48.0 ms ±   0.7 ms    [User: 43.4 ms, System: 4.7 ms]
  Range (min … max):    46.8 ms …  50.2 ms    60 runs
 
Benchmark 2: ./python -c 'pass'
  Time (mean ± σ):      26.1 ms ±   0.4 ms    [User: 23.5 ms, System: 2.7 ms]
  Range (min … max):    25.3 ms …  27.4 ms    110 runs
 
Summary
  './python -c 'pass'' ran
    1.84 ± 0.04 times faster than './python -c 'import tomllib''