def METHOD_NAME(n):
    """Generates the list of strings that will be used in the benchmarks.
    All strings have repeated prefixes and suffices, and n specifies the
    number of repetitions.
    """
    strings = []
    def append(s):
        if USE_BYTES:
            strings.append(s.encode("latin1"))
        else:
            strings.append(s)
    append("-" * n + "Perl" + "-" * n)
    append("P" * n + "Perl" + "P" * n)
    append("-" * n + "Perl" + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "Perl" + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "Python" + "-" * n)
    append("P" * n + "Python" + "P" * n)
    append("-" * n + "Python" + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "Python" + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "Python" + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "Python" + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "Perl" + "-" * n)
    append("P" * n + "Perl" + "P" * n)
    append("-" * n + "Perl" + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "Perl" + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "PythonPython" + "-" * n)
    append("P" * n + "PythonPython" + "P" * n)
    append("-" * n + "a5,b7,c9," + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "a5,b7,c9," + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "a5,b7,c9," + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "a5,b7,c9," + "-" * n)
    append("-" * n + "Python" + "-" * n)
    return strings