add a more reliable profiler

.gitignore

@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ build/
 *.exe
 *.dll
 *.generated.nim
-nimble.paths
+nimble.paths
+
+#OS specific files
+**/.DS_Store

tests/rlp/profiler/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+!*.nim
+!*.sh

tests/rlp/profiler/build_profiler.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+objs=("tx" "header" "blk" "blk80" "blk320" "blk640" "blk1280")
+
+for obj in "${objs[@]}"; do
+  nim compile --mm:orc -d:$obj -d:release --out:bench_"$obj"_default profiler.nim
+  nim compile --mm:orc -d:$obj -d:opt -d:release --out:bench_"$obj"_two_pass profiler.nim
+  nim compile --mm:orc -d:$obj -d:hash -d:release --out:bench_"$obj"_default_hash profiler.nim
+  nim compile --mm:orc -d:$obj -d:hash -d:opt -d:release --out:bench_"$obj"_hash_writer profiler.nim
+  nim compile --mm:refc -d:$obj -d:release --out:bench_"$obj"_default_refc profiler.nim
+  nim compile --mm:refc -d:$obj -d:opt -d:release --out:bench_"$obj"_two_pass_refc profiler.nim
+  nim compile --mm:refc -d:$obj -d:hash -d:release --out:bench_"$obj"_default_hash_refc profiler.nim
+  nim compile --mm:refc -d:$obj -d:hash -d:opt -d:release --out:bench_"$obj"_hash_writer_refc profiler.nim
+done
+
+for obj in "${objs[@]}"; do
+  source ./bench_"$obj"_default
+  source ./bench_"$obj"_two_pass
+  source ./bench_"$obj"_default_hash
+  source ./bench_"$obj"_hash_writer
+  source ./bench_"$obj"_default_refc
+  source ./bench_"$obj"_two_pass_refc
+  source ./bench_"$obj"_default_hash_refc
+  source ./bench_"$obj"_hash_writer_refc
+done