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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2001-04-13 00:23:01 (GMT)
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2001-04-13 00:23:01 (GMT)
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Added a test main to the pstats library that can help you browse profile dumps.
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@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ p.print_callees()
p.add('fooprof')
\end{verbatim}
+Invoked as a script, the \module{pstats} module is a statistics
+browser for reading and examining profile dumps. It has a simple
+line-oriented interface (implemented using \module{cmd}) and
+interactive help.
+
\section{What Is Deterministic Profiling?}
\nodename{Deterministic Profiling}