Move to criterion

Author: friendlymatthew

crates/jiter/Cargo.toml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ python = ["dep:pyo3", "dep:pyo3-build-config"]
 num-bigint = ["dep:num-bigint", "pyo3?/num-bigint"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-bencher = "0.1.5"
+criterion = "0.5.1"
 paste = "1.0.7"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.87", features = [
     "preserve_order",

crates/jiter/benches/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Benchmarks
+
+Before running benchmarks, make sure to generate `big.json`:
+
+```shell
+python3 ./crates/jiter/benches/generate_big.py
+```
+
+To run benchmarks, run:
+
+```shell
+cargo bench -p jiter
+```