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diff --git a/pypy/tool/bench/unicode-bench.py b/pypy/tool/bench/unicode-bench.py
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+
+import time
+
+LGT = 100
+
+unicodes = [unicode("u" * LGT + str(i)) for i in range(100)]
+non_ascii_unicodes = [u"u" * LGT + unicode(i) + u"å" for i in range(100)]
+
+long_string = u" " * 1000000
+unicodes = [long_string] * 100
+
+RANGE = 250000000 // LGT
+
+def upper(main_l):
+    l = [None] * 1000
+    for i in xrange(RANGE):
+        l[i % 1000] = main_l[i % 100].upper()
+
+def lower(main_l):
+    l = [None]
+    for i in xrange(RANGE):
+        l[0] = main_l[i % 100].lower()
+
+def islower(main_l):
+    l = [None]
+    for i in xrange(RANGE * 3):
+        l[0] = main_l[i % 100].islower()
+
+def title(main_l):
+    l = [None]
+    for i in xrange(RANGE):
+        l[0] = main_l[i % 100].title()
+
+def add(main_l):
+    l = [None]
+    for i in xrange(RANGE):
+        l[0] = main_l[i % 100] + u"foo"
+
+def find(main_l):
+    l = [None]
+    for i in xrange(RANGE):
+        l[0] = main_l[i % 100].find(u"foo")
+
+def split(main_l):
+    l = [None]
+    for i in xrange(RANGE):
+        l[0] = main_l[i % 100].split()
+
+def splitlines(main_l):
+    l = [None]
+    for i in xrange(RANGE):
+        l[0] = main_l[i % 100].splitlines()
+
+def iter(main_l):
+    l = [None]
+    for i in xrange(RANGE // 10000):
+        for elem in main_l[i % 100]:
+            l[0] = elem
+
+def indexing(main_l):
+    l = [None]
+    for i in xrange(RANGE * 10):
+        l[0] = main_l[i % 100][13]
+
+def isspace(main_l):
+    l = [None]
+    for i in xrange(RANGE // 10000):
+        l[0] = main_l[i % 100].isspace()    
+
+for func in [isspace]:#, lower, isupper, islower]:
+    t0 = time.time()
+    func(unicodes)
+    t1 = time.time()
+    print "ascii %s %.2f" % (func.__name__, t1 - t0)
+    #func(non_ascii_unicodes)
+    #t2 = time.time()
+    #print "non-ascii %s %.2f" % (func.__name__, t2 - t1)