import time
import gc

class A:
    def __init__(self):
        self.x = 1
        self.y = 2
        self.why = 'no reason'

def time_to_append(size, append_list=[], item_gen=None):
    t0 = time.time()

    for i in xrange(0, size):
        if item_gen:
            append_list.append(item_gen())
        else:
            append_list.append((1,2,3,4)) # append a tuple

    return time.time() - t0

def test():
    x = []
    print "with gc"
    count = 10000
    for i in xrange(0,1000):
        print "for list length", len(x), time_to_append(count, x, lambda: A()), "seconds per", count

def test_nogc():
    x = []
    print "without gc"
    count = 10000
    for i in xrange(0,1000):
        gc.disable()
        print "for list length", len(x), time_to_append(count, x, lambda: A()), "seconds per", count
        gc.enable()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    #test()
    test_nogc()