summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Doc/libprofile.tex
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/libprofile.tex')
-rw-r--r--Doc/libprofile.tex6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/libprofile.tex b/Doc/libprofile.tex
index b14116d..ecf41c3 100644
--- a/Doc/libprofile.tex
+++ b/Doc/libprofile.tex
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ I'd appreciate the feedback.
\section{Introduction to the profiler}
+\nodename{Profiler Introduction}
A \dfn{profiler} is a program that describes the run time performance
of a program, providing a variety of statistics. This documentation
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ examine the results of a profile operation.
\section{How Is This Profiler Different From The Old Profiler?}
+\nodename{Profiler Changes}
The big changes from old profiling module are that you get more
information, and you pay less CPU time. It's not a trade-off, it's a
@@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ manual, or guess what the following functions do:
\section{What Is Deterministic Profiling?}
+\nodename{Deterministic Profiling}
\dfn{Deterministic profiling} is meant to reflect the fact that all
\dfn{function call}, \dfn{function return}, and \dfn{exception} events
@@ -604,7 +607,8 @@ performance section, and there is no reason to use a variable lookup
at this point, when a constant can be used.
-\section{Extensions - Deriving Better Profilers}
+\section{Extensions --- Deriving Better Profilers}
+\nodename{Profiler Extensions}
The \code{Profile} class of module \code{profile} was written so that
derived classes could be developed to extend the profiler. Rather