* inline performance critical code
* Average runtime is specified and used to calculate iterations.
* Console: show median of multiple runs
* plot: show box plot
* filter benchmarks
* specify scaling factor
* ignore src/test and src/bench in command line check script
* number of iterations instead of time
* Replaced runtime in BENCHMARK makro number of iterations.
* Added -? to bench_bitcoin
* Benchmark plotly.js URL, width, height can be customized
* Fixed incorrect precision warning
Avoid static analyzer warnings regarding "Function call argument
is a pointer to uninitialized value" in cases where we are
intentionally using such arguments.
This is achieved by using ...
`f(b.begin(), b.end())` (`std::array<char, N>`)
... instead of ...
`f(b, b + N)` (`char b[N]`)
Rationale:
* Reduce false positives by guiding static analyzers regarding our
intentions.
Before this commit:
```
$ clang-tidy-3.5 -checks=* src/bench/base58.cpp
bench/base58.cpp:23:9: warning: Function call argument is a pointer to uninitialized value [clang-analyzer-core.CallAndMessage]
EncodeBase58(b, b + 32);
^
$ clang-tidy-3.5 -checks=* src/bench/verify_script.cpp
bench/verify_script.cpp:59:5: warning: Function call argument is a pointer to uninitialized value [clang-analyzer-core.CallAndMessage]
key.Set(vchKey, vchKey + 32, false);
^
$
```
After this commit:
```
$ clang-tidy-3.5 -checks=* src/bench/base58.cpp
$ clang-tidy-3.5 -checks=* src/bench/verify_script.cpp
$
```
5113474 wallet: Use CDataStream.data() (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
e2300ff bench: Use CDataStream.data() (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
adff950 dbwrapper: Use new .data() method of CDataStream (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
a2141e4 streams: Remove special cases for ancient MSVC (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
af4c44c streams: Add data() method to CDataStream (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
The new benchmarks exercise script validation, CCoinsDBView caching,
mempool eviction, and wallet coin selection code.
All of the benchmarks added here are extremely simple and don't
necessarily mirror common real world conditions or interesting
performance edge cases. Details about how specific benchmarks can be
improved are noted in comments.
Github-Issue: #7883
