# Copyright (C) 2010, Parrot Foundation.

=head1 NAME

examples/benchmarks/stress_strings.pir - GC strings stress-testing

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    % time ./parrot examples/benchmarks/stress_strings.pir

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Create a lots of strings. Some of them are long-lived, most of them are short lived.

Main purpose - test compact_pool performance.

=cut

.sub 'main' :main
    .local pmc rsa # array of long lived strings.

    .local int i

    rsa = new ['ResizableStringArray']
    i = 0
  loop:
    $S0 = i         # allocate new string
    $I0 = i % 10    # every 10th string is longlived
    if $I0 goto inc_i
    push rsa, $S0
  inc_i:
    inc i
    if i < 10000000 goto loop

.end


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