[IPython-dev] [patch 1/2] Try to use cProfile module (Python-2.5) instead of old profile.

[Ville M. Vainio]

On 11/22/06, Kirill Smelkov <smelkov at mph1.phys.spbu.ru> wrote:

> rationale: cProfile is faster.
>  try:
>     import profile,pstats
>  except ImportError:
> -    profile = pstats = None
> +    pass
> +
> +# cProfile was added in Python2.5
> +# if present, we use it instead of old profile, because cProfile is faster
> +try:
> +    import cProfile as profile
> +    import pstats
> +except ImportError:
> +    pass

New you import both profile and cProfile, if both exist. That's a bit
wasteful; why not import cProfile first, and only if that raises
ImportError import profile?

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