>>> from timeit import Timer
>>> setup="from unicodedata import normalize; s = 'reverse'"
>>> t1 = Timer('normalize("NFKC", s)', setup=setup)
>>> setup="from unicodedata import normalize; s = 'reverse'*1000"
>>> t2 = Timer('normalize("NFKC", s)', setup=setup)
>>> min(t1.repeat(repeat=7))
0.038022067994461395
>>> min(t2.repeat(repeat=7))
0.038196470006369054

0:00:00 load avg: 18.63 Run tests sequentially
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beginning 6 repetitions
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test_unicodedata passed in 1 min 3 sec

== Tests result: SUCCESS ==

1 test OK.