diff --git a/benchmarks/example.py b/benchmarks/example.py
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-class TimeSuite:
-    """
-    An example benchmark that times the performance of various kinds
-    of iterating over dictionaries in Python.
-    """
-
-    def setup(self):
-        self.d = {}
-        for x in range(500):
-            self.d[x] = None
-
-    def time_keys(self):
-        for key in self.d.keys():
-            pass
-
-    def time_values(self):
-        for value in self.d.values():
-            pass
-
-    def time_range(self):
-        d = self.d
-        for key in range(500):
-            d[key]