def serializeBenchmark(iterations, serializeType, data): fn = serializeFunctions[serializeType] result = [] print("[{}] Start serialize bechmark".format(serializeType)) for i in progressbar.progressbar(range(iterations)): start = time() serializedData = fn(data) result.append(time() - start) Result.addSerializeBenchmark(serializeType, result, len(serializedData)) flags = "w" if type(serializedData) == bytes: flags = "wb" with open( os.path.join(Result.RESULTS_DIR, "serialized-{}".format(serializeType)), flags) as fstream: fstream.write(serializedData) return serializedData