Steven D'Aprano:
>> * Don't disable the garbage collector anymore! Disabling the GC is not 
>> fair: real applications use it.

> But that's just adding noise: you're not timing code snippet, you're 
timing code snippet plus garbage collector.
>
> I disagree with this change, although I would accept it if there was an 
optional flag to control the gc.

IMO it's a lie to display the minimum timing with the garbage collector disabled. The garbage collector is enabled in all applications.