prelude: |
  CHUNK = "a" * 64
  UCHUNK = "é" * 32
  GC.disable # GC causes a lot of variance
benchmark:
  binary_concat_7bit: |
    buffer = String.new(capacity: 4096, encoding: Encoding::BINARY)
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
  utf8_concat_7bit: |
    buffer = String.new(capacity: 4096, encoding: Encoding::UTF_8)
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
    buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
  utf8_concat_UTF8: |
    buffer = String.new(capacity: 4096, encoding: Encoding::UTF_8)
    buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
    buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
    buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
    buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
    buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
    buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
    buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
    buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
  interpolation: |
    buffer = "#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
      "#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
      "#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
      "#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
      "#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
      "#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
      "#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
      "#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
      "#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}"