added performance tests

performance/run.lua

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+require 'middleclass'
+
+time = require 'performance/time'
+
+time('class creation', function()
+  local A = class('A')
+end)
+
+local A = class('A')
+
+time('instance creation', function()
+  local a = A:new()
+end)
+
+function A:foo()
+  return 1
+end
+
+local a = A:new()
+
+time('instance method invocation', function()
+  a:foo()
+end)
+
+local B = class('B', A)
+
+local b = B:new()
+
+time('inherited method invocation', function()
+  b:foo()
+end)
+
+function A.static:bar()
+  return 2
+end
+
+time('class method invocation', function()
+  A:bar()
+end)
+
+time('inherited class method invocation', function()
+  B:bar()
+end)

performance/time.lua

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+return function(title, f)
+
+  collectgarbage()
+
+  local startTime = os.clock()
+
+  for i=0,10000 do f() end
+
+  local endTime = os.clock()
+
+  print( title, endTime - startTime )
+
+end