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+-- | BigTable benchmark implemented using Hamlet.
+--
+{-# LANGUAGE QuasiQuotes #-}
+module Main where
+
+import Criterion.Main
+import Text.Hamlet
+import Numeric (showInt)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
+import qualified Text.Blaze.Renderer.Utf8 as Utf8
+import Data.Monoid (mconcat)
+import Text.Blaze.Html5 (table, tr, td)
+import Yesod.Widget
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Writer
+import Control.Monad.Trans.RWS
+import Data.Functor.Identity
+import Yesod.Internal
+
+main = defaultMain
+    [ bench "bigTable html" $ nf bigTableHtml bigTableData
+    , bench "bigTable hamlet" $ nf bigTableHamlet bigTableData
+    , bench "bigTable widget" $ nf bigTableWidget bigTableData
+    , bench "bigTable blaze" $ nf bigTableBlaze bigTableData
+    ]
+  where
+    rows :: Int
+    rows = 10
+
+    bigTableData :: [[Int]]
+    bigTableData = replicate rows [1..10]
+    {-# NOINLINE bigTableData #-}
+
+bigTableHtml rows = L.length $ renderHtml [$hamlet|
+<table
+    $forall row <- rows
+        <tr
+            $forall cell <- row
+                <td>#{show cell}
+|]
+
+bigTableHamlet rows = L.length $ renderHamlet id [$hamlet|
+<table
+    $forall row <- rows
+        <tr
+            $forall cell <- row
+                <td>#{show cell}
+|]
+
+bigTableWidget rows = L.length $ renderHtml $ (run [$hamlet|
+<table
+    $forall row <- rows
+        <tr
+            $forall cell <- row
+                <td>#{show cell}
+|]) (\_ _ -> "foo")
+  where
+  run (GWidget w) =
+    let (_, _, GWData (Body x) _ _ _ _ _ _) = runRWS w () 0
+     in x
+  {-
+  run (GWidget w) = runIdentity $ do
+    w' <- flip evalStateT 0
+        $ runWriterT $ runWriterT $ runWriterT $ runWriterT
+        $ runWriterT $ runWriterT $ runWriterT w
+    let ((((((((),
+         Body body),
+         _),
+         _),
+         _),
+         _),
+         _),
+         _) = w'
+
+    return body
+    -}
+
+bigTableBlaze t = L.length $ renderHtml $ table $ mconcat $ map row t
+  where
+    row r = tr $ mconcat $ map (td . string . show) r