def benchmark_excellent(): from collections import OrderedDict from excellent import Writer, XL output = open("benchmark_excellent.xls", "wb") sheet_manager = XL() excel = Writer(sheet_manager, output) sheet_manager.use_sheet("Sheet1") excel.write((OrderedDict(((str(column), value) for column in range(COLUMNS))) for row, value in zip(range(ROWS), VALUES))) excel.save()