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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from cachew import cachew
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+import sqlite3
+from time import time
+from typing import Iterator
+
+import click
+from codetiming import Timer
+from more_itertools import ilen
+import sqlalchemy
+
+
+# todo not sure it really helps much?
+import gc
+gc.disable()
+
+
+def timer(name: str) -> Timer:
+    return Timer(name=name, text=name + ': ' + '{:.2f}s')
+
+
+def test_ints() -> None:
+
+    N = 5_000_000
+
+    base = Path('/tmp/cachew_profiling/')
+    # shutil.rmtree(base)
+    base.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+
+    cache_path = base / 'ints'
+
+    def fun_nocachew(n) -> Iterator[int]:
+        yield from range(n)
+
+    @cachew(cache_path=cache_path, force_file=True)
+    def fun(n) -> Iterator[int]:
+        yield from range(n)
+
+    # with timer('no caching'):
+    #     ilen(fun_nocachew(N))
+
+    # with timer('initial call'):
+    #     ilen(fun(N))
+
+    assert cache_path.exists()  # just in case
+    with timer('reading directly via sqlite'):
+        total = 0
+        with sqlite3.connect(cache_path) as conn:
+            for (x,) in conn.execute('SELECT * FROM cache'):
+                total += 1
+        assert total == N  # just in case
+
+    with timer('reading directly via sqlalchemy'):
+        total = 0
+        engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(f'sqlite:///{cache_path}')
+
+        from sqlalchemy import Table, MetaData, Column
+        meta = MetaData()
+        table_cache     = Table('cache'    , meta, Column('_cachew_primitive', sqlalchemy.Integer))
+        with engine.connect() as conn:
+            with timer('sqlalchemy querying'):
+                rows = conn.execute(table_cache.select())
+                for (x,) in rows:
+                    total += 1
+        engine.dispose()
+        assert total == N  # just in case
+
+    cache_size_mb = cache_path.stat().st_size / 10 ** 6
+    print(f'cache size: {cache_size_mb:.1f} Mb')
+
+    with timer('subsequent call'):
+        ilen(fun(N))
+
+
+test_ints()