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authorBerker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>2017-02-22 01:55:03 (GMT)
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bpo-29554: Improve docs for pstat module and profile. (#88) (#228)
Clarify that methods take a string which is interpreted as a regex, not a regex object. Also clarify what the old `-1`, `0`, `1` and `2` options were. (cherry picked from commit 8fb1f6e039cbdeb333d83b7a62f0f37af4ce6e02)
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@@ -444,9 +444,10 @@ Analysis of the profiler data is done using the :class:`~pstats.Stats` class.
significant entries. Initially, the list is taken to be the complete set
of profiled functions. Each restriction is either an integer (to select a
count of lines), or a decimal fraction between 0.0 and 1.0 inclusive (to
- select a percentage of lines), or a regular expression (to pattern match
- the standard name that is printed. If several restrictions are provided,
- then they are applied sequentially. For example::
+ select a percentage of lines), or a string that will interpreted as a
+ regular expression (to pattern match the standard name that is printed).
+ If several restrictions are provided, then they are applied sequentially.
+ For example::
print_stats(.1, 'foo:')