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| author | Andrés Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com> | 2018-07-28 10:01:24 (GMT) |
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| committer | Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> | 2018-07-28 10:01:24 (GMT) |
| commit | 937fb55d35373fd2701078251840b6be0465a6e1 (patch) | |
| tree | e18e399a408605a5237022342884da7e41b16a95 | |
| parent | b4bc5cab82e6855e4ebc33ba0b669ddffad30fb3 (diff) | |
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bpo-5978: Document that profiling needs cmd/function to return (GH-7938)
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https://bugs.python.org/issue5978
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diff --git a/Doc/library/profile.rst b/Doc/library/profile.rst index 5e33efe..1a772fb 100644 --- a/Doc/library/profile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/profile.rst @@ -310,6 +310,11 @@ functions: Profile ``func(*args, **kwargs)`` +Note that profiling will only work if the called command/function actually +returns. If the interpreter is terminated (e.g. via a :func:`sys.exit` call +during the called command/function execution) no profiling results will be +printed. + .. _profile-stats: The :class:`Stats` Class |