def METHOD_NAME(reps,func,*args,**kw):
    """timings(reps,func,*args,**kw) -> (t_total,t_per_call)
    Execute a function reps times, return a tuple with the elapsed total CPU
    time in seconds and the time per call. These are just the first two values
    in timings_out()."""
    return timings_out(reps,func,*args,**kw)[0:2]