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diff --git a/Doc/library/profile.rst b/Doc/library/profile.rst index 210e99c..0926373 100644 --- a/Doc/library/profile.rst +++ b/Doc/library/profile.rst @@ -333,11 +333,12 @@ Analysis of the profiler data is done using the :class:`~pstats.Stats` class. corresponding version of :mod:`profile` or :mod:`cProfile`. To be specific, there is *no* file compatibility guaranteed with future versions of this profiler, and there is no compatibility with files produced by other - profilers. If several files are provided, all the statistics for identical - functions will be coalesced, so that an overall view of several processes can - be considered in a single report. If additional files need to be combined - with data in an existing :class:`~pstats.Stats` object, the - :meth:`~pstats.Stats.add` method can be used. + profilers, or the same profiler run on a different operating system. If + several files are provided, all the statistics for identical functions will + be coalesced, so that an overall view of several processes can be considered + in a single report. If additional files need to be combined with data in an + existing :class:`~pstats.Stats` object, the :meth:`~pstats.Stats.add` method + can be used. Instead of reading the profile data from a file, a :class:`cProfile.Profile` or :class:`profile.Profile` object can be used as the profile data source. |