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authorNicholas Bastin <nick.bastin@gmail.com>2004-03-24 21:57:10 (GMT)
committerNicholas Bastin <nick.bastin@gmail.com>2004-03-24 21:57:10 (GMT)
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Enable the profiling of C functions (builtins and extensions)
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-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libpdb.tex15
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libpdb.tex b/Doc/lib/libpdb.tex
index ee9ab91..2229dc8 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libpdb.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libpdb.tex
@@ -350,8 +350,9 @@ Some changes were made to the interpreter:
Trace functions have three arguments: \var{frame}, \var{event}, and
\var{arg}. \var{frame} is the current stack frame. \var{event} is a
-string: \code{'call'}, \code{'line'}, \code{'return'} or
-\code{'exception'}. \var{arg} depends on the event type.
+string: \code{'call'}, \code{'line'}, \code{'return'}, \code{'exception'},
+ \code{'c_call'}, \code{'c_return'}, or \code{'c_exception'}. \var{arg}
+ depends on the event type.
The global trace function is invoked (with \var{event} set to
\code{'call'}) whenever a new local scope is entered; it should return
@@ -390,6 +391,16 @@ An exception has occurred. The local trace function is called;
\var{traceback})}; the return value specifies the new local trace
function.
+\item[\code{'c_call'}]
+A C function is about to be called. This may be an extension function
+or a builtin. \var{arg} is the C function name.
+
+\item[\code{'c_return'}]
+A C function has returned. \var{arg} is \code{None}.
+
+\item[\code{'c_exception'}]
+A C function has thrown an exception. \var{arg} is \code{None}.
+
\end{description}
Note that as an exception is propagated down the chain of callers, an