it should go in after 2.4 final is out, and the release24-maint branch has been cut.

OK, I'll wait until 2.4 is out and submit another patch based on the mainline CVS through the SourceForge system.

if this were to go into Python

- What speaks against making the ticker accumulation available at the script level? - Is there an alternative way of achieving the goal of my proposal? It was:

A fast, easy, and non-intrusive method for estimating how much time is spent in Python code and how much time in extension modules.

Thanks! Ralf