add python test file to benchmark how many messages can be received per second

test/compatibility/python/websockets/devnull_client.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# websocket send client
+
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import websockets
+
+try:
+    import uvloop
+    uvloop.install()
+except ImportError:
+    print('uvloop not available')
+    pass
+
+msgCount = 0
+
+async def timer():
+    global msgCount
+
+    while True:
+        print(f'Received messages: {msgCount}')
+        msgCount = 0
+
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+
+async def client(url):
+    global msgCount
+
+    asyncio.ensure_future(timer())
+
+    async with websockets.connect(url) as ws:
+        async for message in ws:
+            msgCount += 1
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='websocket proxy.')
+    parser.add_argument('--url', help='Remote websocket url',
+                        default='wss://echo.websocket.org')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(client(args.url))