add a tree-like system to run sets of benchmarks

A system a bit similar to `OUnit`, with the ability to select only a subset of the benchmarks to run them. As each benchmark can take a significant time, it is convenient to be able to run only the ones that are relevant to some function, say, if we are trying to improve this function's performance.

There is also a small patch to `_oasis` because it wouldn't compile with a recent version of `oasis` otherwise. 
Not sure what the point of the final underscore is.  Making it clear that they are internal functions? Not sure it is worth — and I seldom have seen this convention so it may not be obvious to a potential reader.