add fast path for str(scalar_int)

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmarks/bench_scalar.py b/benchmarks/benchmarks/bench_scalar.py
index 650daa89d..d68f934cb 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benchmarks/bench_scalar.py
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmarks/bench_scalar.py
@@ -65,3 +65,13 @@ class ScalarMath(Benchmark):
         other + int32
         other + int32
         other + int32
+
+class ScalarStr(Benchmark):
+    # Test scalar to str conversion
+    params = [TYPES1]
+    param_names = ["type"]
+    def setup(self, typename):
+        self.a = np.array([100] * 100, dtype=typename)
+
+    def time_str_repr(self, typename):
+        res = [str(x) for x in self.a]