Add benchmarks (#148)

Add asv based benchmarks to guide future optimisation work.

benchmarks/benchmarks.py

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+import betterproto
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TestMessage(betterproto.Message):
+    foo: int = betterproto.uint32_field(0)
+    bar: str = betterproto.string_field(1)
+    baz: float = betterproto.float_field(2)
+
+class BenchMessage:
+    """Test creation and usage a proto message.
+    """
+
+    def setup(self):
+        self.cls = TestMessage
+        self.instance = TestMessage()
+        self.instance_filled = TestMessage(0, "test", 0.0)
+
+    def time_overhead(self):
+        """Overhead in class definition.
+        """
+        @dataclass
+        class Message(betterproto.Message):
+            foo: int = betterproto.uint32_field(0)
+            bar: str = betterproto.string_field(1)
+            baz: float = betterproto.float_field(2)
+
+    def time_instantiation(self):
+        """Time instantiation
+        """
+        self.cls()
+
+    def time_attribute_access(self):
+        """Time to access an attribute
+        """
+        self.instance.foo
+        self.instance.bar
+        self.instance.baz
+    
+    def time_init_with_values(self):
+        """Time to set an attribute
+        """
+        self.cls(0, "test", 0.0)
+
+    def time_attribute_setting(self):
+        """Time to set attributes
+        """
+        self.instance.foo = 0
+        self.instance.bar = "test"
+        self.instance.baz = 0.0
+    
+    def time_serialize(self):
+        """Time serializing a message to wire."""
+        bytes(self.instance_filled)
+
+
+class MemSuite:
+    def setup(self):
+        self.cls = TestMessage
+    
+    def mem_instance(self):
+        return self.cls()