[cleaning out some old mail...] Zooko wrote:
So in terms of `trace.py', it is a widely useful tool and already has a programmatic interface. Being added to the hallowed Python Standard Library would be a major step up in publicity and hence usage. It would require better docs regarding the programmatic usage.
Skip wrote:
It's speed cries out for a rewrite of some sort. I haven't thought about it, but I wonder if it could be layered on top of hotshot.
Jeremy Hylton writes:
Can any of the handler methods be re-coded in C? The hotshot changes allow you to install a C function as a trace hook, but doesn't the trace function in trace.py do a fair amount of work?
Another possibility is to use _hotshot.coverage() instead of the "normal" profiler in HotShot. This records the enter/exit events and SET_LINENO instructions, but doesn't take any timing measurements, so operates much quicker than profiling. -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> PythonLabs at Zope Corporation