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diff --git a/src/go/printer/performance_test.go b/src/go/printer/performance_test.go
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+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// This file implements a simple printer performance benchmark:
+// go test -bench=BenchmarkPrint
+
+package printer
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"go/ast"
+	"go/parser"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var testfile *ast.File
+
+func testprint(out io.Writer, file *ast.File) {
+	if err := (&Config{TabIndent | UseSpaces, 8, 0}).Fprint(out, fset, file); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("print error: %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// cannot initialize in init because (printer) Fprint launches goroutines.
+func initialize() {
+	const filename = "testdata/parser.go"
+
+	src, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("%s", err)
+	}
+
+	file, err := parser.ParseFile(fset, filename, src, parser.ParseComments)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("%s", err)
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	testprint(&buf, file)
+	if !bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), src) {
+		log.Fatalf("print error: %s not idempotent", filename)
+	}
+
+	testfile = file
+}
+
+func BenchmarkPrint(b *testing.B) {
+	if testfile == nil {
+		initialize()
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		testprint(ioutil.Discard, testfile)
+	}
+}