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test/index.js

@@ -124,16 +124,6 @@ var bench = function() {
   var marked = require('../');
   main.bench('marked', marked);
 
-  /**
-   * There's two ways to benchmark showdown here.
-   * The first way is to create a new converter
-   * every time, this will renew any closured
-   * variables. It is the "proper" way of using
-   * showdown. However, for this benchmark, 
-   * I will use the completely improper method
-   * which is must faster, just to be fair.
-   */
-
   var showdown = (function() {
     var Showdown = require('showdown').Showdown;
     var convert = new Showdown.converter();
@@ -141,7 +131,16 @@ var bench = function() {
       return convert.makeHtml(text);
     };
   })();
-  main.bench('showdown', showdown);
+  main.bench('showdown (reuse converter)', showdown);
+
+  var showdown_slow = (function() {
+    var Showdown = require('showdown').Showdown;
+    return function(text) {
+      var convert = new Showdown.converter();
+      return convert.makeHtml(text);
+    };
+  })();
+  main.bench('showdown (new converter)', showdown_slow);
 
   var markdownjs = require('markdown-js');
   main.bench('markdown-js', function(text) {
@@ -149,6 +148,11 @@ var bench = function() {
   });
 };
 
+var time = function() {
+  var marked = require('../');
+  main.bench('marked', marked);
+};
+
 var old_bench = function() {
   var text = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/main.md', 'utf8');
 
@@ -311,6 +315,8 @@ var pretty = (function() {
 if (!module.parent) {
   if (~process.argv.indexOf('--bench')) {
     bench();
+  } else if (~process.argv.indexOf('--time')) {
+    time();
   } else if (~process.argv.indexOf('--old_bench')) {
     old_bench();
   } else if (~process.argv.indexOf('--old_test')) {