[Python-Dev] profiler hooks

[Samuele Pedroni]

> 
>   For those who aren't already aware of it, I've been working on a new
> profiler for Python, implemented in C.  It includes features that will
> allow per-line profiling if desired.  I should have the implementation
> checked in shortly.
>   One thing that I'd like to change is the way the profiler/tracer are
> dispatched from the main eval loop.  The changes are easy enough, but
> I can simplify things further if we don't need to support both a
> profiler and tracer simultaneously.  (The trace hook is used by
> sys.settrace(), needed for the debugger and 3rd-party coverage tools;
> the profile hook is used for (you guessed it!) the profiler, via
> sys.setprofile().)

Will your changes propagate to changes to pdb etc?
because in that case they will need to be ported
to jython, that actually supports both tracers (pdb ) and profilers 
(profile ).

regards.