From a6106eef379ef560016d0dcdbdd9c9c86b7cd39c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:59:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] encoding/json: make BenchmarkSkipValue more consistent

Move scanner allocation out of loop.
It's the only allocation in the test so it dominates
when it triggers a garbage collection.

R=golang-dev, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5369117
---
 src/pkg/encoding/json/scanner_test.go | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pkg/encoding/json/scanner_test.go b/src/pkg/encoding/json/scanner_test.go
index a0a5995af8..14d850865a 100644
--- a/src/pkg/encoding/json/scanner_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/encoding/json/scanner_test.go
@@ -186,11 +186,12 @@ func TestNextValueBig(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+var benchScan scanner
+
 func BenchmarkSkipValue(b *testing.B) {
 	initBig()
-	var scan scanner
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		nextValue(jsonBig, &scan)
+		nextValue(jsonBig, &benchScan)
 	}
 	b.SetBytes(int64(len(jsonBig)))
 }