Python profiling on OLPC machine

[Guido van Rossum]

IMO the profile module is fine, no need to upgrade to hotshot.

On 3/26/07, William Cohen <wcohen at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There is a page that describes modifying python scripts to get hotshot profiling
>   information:
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_Performance
>
> The wiki page says that the profile module is depricated. However, it seems
> mucheasire  to run profile with:
>
>         python -m profile -o /tmp/zzz /usr/bin/sugar-activity Web
>
> Is there any thought in modifying the hotshot module to provide a similar
> command-line interface?
>
> I was able to get some data via profile, but reading various documents seem to
> indicate that the profile module has excess overhead.
>
> -Will
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