Add benchmark

* add benchmark option
* updated changelog
* added benchmark info to readme
* add bench folder to format.py

Author: progsource

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ maddy uses [semver versioning](https://semver.org/).
 * ![**REMOVED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-REMOVED-%23900) for now removed features.
 
 ## Upcoming
+
 * ![**ADDED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-ADDED-%23099) Correctly parse links with title text, i.e. `[link](http://example.com "example")`.
 * ![**FIXED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-FIXED-%23090) Do not create invalid URLs from links with spaces, i.e. `[link](/ABC/some file)`.
 * ![**FIXED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-FIXED-%23090) Do not create invalid HTML from links with quotes, i.e. `[link](/ABC/some"file)`.
-
+* ![**ADDED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-ADDED-%23099) benchmarks.
 
 ## version 1.4.0 2025-03-28
 

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ if(${MADDY_BUILD_WITH_TESTS})
   enable_testing()
 endif()
 
+option(MADDY_BUILD_WITH_BENCH "enable benchmarks" OFF)
 option(MADDY_CREATE_PACKAGE "create a package for a version release" OFF)
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -49,10 +50,14 @@ if(${MADDY_BUILD_WITH_TESTS})
   add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
 
+if(${MADDY_BUILD_WITH_BENCH})
+  add_subdirectory(bench)
+endif()
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if(${MADDY_CREATE_PACKAGE})
-  set(MADDY_PACKAGE_FILES include/ CMakeLists.txt LICENSE)
+  set(MADDY_PACKAGE_FILES include/ CMakeLists.txt LICENSE AUTHORS)
   add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}-src.zip
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar c ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}-src.zip --format=zip -- ${MADDY_PACKAGE_FILES}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}

README.md

@@ -98,6 +98,21 @@ make
 make test # or run the executable in ../build/MaddyTests
 ```
 
+## How to run the benchmarks
+
+To get proper test results, the benchmarks should always be compiled as
+release build.
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/progsource/maddy.git
+cd maddy
+mkdir tmp
+cd tmp
+cmake -DMADDY_BUILD_WITH_BENCH=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+make BUILD_TYPE=Release
+../build/maddy_benchmark
+```
+
 ## How to contribute
 
 There are different possibilities:

bench/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# This project is licensed under the MIT license. For more information see the
+# LICENSE file.
+
+if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+  execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
+                  -fuse-ld=gold -Wl,--version
+                  ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_VARIABLE ld_version)
+  if ("${ld_version}" MATCHES "GNU gold")
+    message(STATUS "Found Gold linker, use faster linker")
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS
+        "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold")
+    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS
+        "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold ")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+include(FetchContent)
+
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  nanobench
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/martinus/nanobench.git
+  GIT_TAG v4.3.11
+  GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+)
+
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(nanobench)
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+file(GLOB_RECURSE MADDY_BENCHMARK_FILES
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/main.cpp
+)
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+add_executable(
+  maddy_benchmark
+    ${MADDY_BENCHMARK_FILES}
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/main.cpp
+)
+target_include_directories(maddy_benchmark PUBLIC
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+)
+target_link_libraries(maddy_benchmark maddy nanobench::nanobench)
+set_target_properties(maddy_benchmark PROPERTIES
+  CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
+  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -O2 -Wall -Wno-ignored-qualifiers -Wpedantic -Wextra -Wno-deprecated -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti"
+)

bench/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# maddy benchmarks
+
+## How to run
+
+The benchmarks have to be run in release mode to give proper results.
+
+```shell
+# in main folder
+mkdir tmp
+cd tmp
+cmake -DMADDY_BUILD_WITH_BENCH=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+make BUILD_TYPE=Release
+../build/maddy_benchmark
+```

bench/main.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * This project is licensed under the MIT license. For more information see the
+ * LICENSE file.
+ */
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+
+#define ANKERL_NANOBENCH_IMPLEMENT
+#include <nanobench.h>
+
+#include "maddy/parser.h"
+
+int main()
+{
+  static const std::string markdownFile = "../docs/definitions.md";
+  std::stringstream buffer;
+
+  {
+    std::ifstream file(markdownFile);
+
+    if (!file.good() || !file.is_open())
+    {
+      std::cout << "could not read file at " << markdownFile << std::endl;
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+    buffer << file.rdbuf();
+
+    file.close();
+  }
+
+  if (!buffer.good() || buffer.str().empty())
+  {
+    std::cout << "buffer is invalid" << std::endl;
+    return 2;
+  }
+
+  // maddy 1.*
+  std::shared_ptr<maddy::Parser> parser = std::make_shared<maddy::Parser>();
+
+  // This is the place in the future to compare maddy with other libraries.
+  // For now it can be used to check if changes in maddy code result in better
+  // performance.
+
+  ankerl::nanobench::Bench()
+    .title("maddy test")
+    .warmup(100)
+    .relative(true)
+    .run(
+      "maddy 1.x",
+      [&]()
+      {
+        buffer.clear(); // clear any error flags
+        buffer.seekg(0, buffer.beg);
+        ankerl::nanobench::doNotOptimizeAway(parser->Parse(buffer));
+      }
+    );
+
+  return 0;
+}

tools/format.py

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def format_files(dry_run):
                                      during the actual formatting process.
   """
   patterns = [
+    "bench/**/*.h",
+    "bench/**/*.cpp",
     "include/**/*.h",
     "tests/**/*.h",
     "tests/**/*.cpp",