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+// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkFuncStrip(b *testing.B) {
+	strip := &funcStrip{
+		fclosure: fclosure{
+			args: []Value{
+				literal("(strip"),
+				literal("a b  c "),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	ev := newEvaluator(make(map[string]Var))
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		buf.Reset()
+		strip.Eval(&buf, ev)
+	}
+}