def timer(description='Operation', log=None):
    """
    Simple context manager which logs (if log is provided)
    or prints the time taken in seconds for the block to complete.

    >>> with timer():
    ...    sleep(0.1)               # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
    Operation took 0.1... seconds

    >>> with timer('Sleeping'):
    ...    sleep(0.2)               # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
    Sleeping took 0.2... seconds

    >>> with timer(description='Doing', log=PrintingLogger()):
    ...    sleep(0.3)               # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
    Doing took 0.3... seconds

    """

    start = time()
    yield
    elapsed = time() - start
    message = '%s took %s seconds' % (description, elapsed)
    (print if log is None else log.info)(message)