diff --git a/tictoc/__init__.py b/tictoc/__init__.py
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+from .tictoc import *
+
+__doc__ = tictoc.__doc__
+if hasattr(tictoc, "__all__"):
+    __all__ = tictoc.__all__
+
+results = tictoc.init();
+tic = results.tic;
+toc = results.toc;