add stdlib compilation benchmark

stdlib/Cargo.toml

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ edition.workspace = true
 bench = false
 doctest = false
 
+[[bench]]
+name = "compilation"
+harness = false
+
 [[test]]
 name = "stdlib"
 path = "tests/main.rs"
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ assembly = { package = "miden-assembly", path = "../assembly", version = "0.11",
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 blake3 = "1.5"
+criterion = "0.5"
 miden-air = { package = "miden-air", path = "../air", version = "0.11", default-features = false }
 num = "0.4.1"
 num-bigint = "0.4"

stdlib/benches/compilation.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use std::{path::Path, time::Duration};
+
+use assembly::{Assembler, Library, LibraryNamespace};
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+
+fn stdlib_compilation(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("stdlib");
+    group.measurement_time(Duration::from_secs(10));
+
+    // Compiles the entire standard library
+    group.bench_function("all", |bench| {
+        bench.iter(|| {
+            let assembler = Assembler::default();
+
+            let manifest_dir = env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
+            let asm_dir = Path::new(manifest_dir).join("asm");
+            let namespace = "std".parse::<LibraryNamespace>().expect("invalid base namespace");
+            Library::from_dir(asm_dir, namespace, assembler).unwrap();
+        });
+    });
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+criterion_group!(compilation_group, stdlib_compilation);
+criterion_main!(compilation_group);