Index: node_modules/pg-protocol/src/b.ts
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--- node_modules/pg-protocol/src/b.ts	(revision 62b296460f935ff5cc47a75f6567f97df5a244a7)
+++ node_modules/pg-protocol/src/b.ts	(revision 62b296460f935ff5cc47a75f6567f97df5a244a7)
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+// file for microbenchmarking
+
+import { BufferReader } from './buffer-reader'
+
+const LOOPS = 1000
+let count = 0
+const start = performance.now()
+
+const reader = new BufferReader()
+const buffer = Buffer.from([33, 33, 33, 33, 33, 33, 33, 0])
+
+const run = () => {
+  if (count > LOOPS) {
+    console.log(performance.now() - start)
+    return
+  }
+  count++
+  for (let i = 0; i < LOOPS; i++) {
+    reader.setBuffer(0, buffer)
+    reader.cstring()
+  }
+  setImmediate(run)
+}
+
+run()