import time from functools import wraps def timethis(func): ''' Decorator that reports the execution time. ''' @wraps(func) def wrapper(*args, **kwargs): start = time.time() result = func(*args, **kwargs) end = time.time() print(func.__name__, end-start) return result return wrapper @timethis def countdown(n): while n > 0: n -= 1 countdown(10000000)