Python profiler usage with objects

[rik]

harit <harit.himanshu <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a specific question regarding the usage of profiler. I am new
> to python programming I am trying to profile a function which I want
> to invoke as a class method, something like this
> 
> import profile
> 
> class Class:
> 
> def doSomething():
> 
>     do here ..
> 
> def callMethod():
> 
>     **self.doSomething()**
> instead of this I want to use
> 
>     **profile.run(self.doSomething())**
> but the profile.run expects the string inside it and I get error
> 
> TypeError: exec: arg 1 must be a string, file, or code object
> 
> Can somebody please help?
> 
> Thank you
> 


Harit,

i am OLD to python, and have used its profiler in the past.
but i'm getting your same error:

> TypeError: exec: arg 1 must be a string, file, or code object

on both Ubuntu with Python 2.6 and OSX with 2.4.  with both
cProfile and profile?!  whether or not i specify a file for
profile output!?!

anybody else having trouble profiling?

 - rik