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@@ -199,3 +199,13 @@ sprayed to stdout, such as every opcode and opcode argument and values
pushed onto and popped off the value stack.
Not useful very often, but very useful when needed.
+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+CALL_PROFILE introduced for Python 2.3
+
+Count the number of function calls executed.
+
+When this symbol is defined, the ceval mainloop and helper functions
+count the number of function calls made. It keeps detailed statistics
+about what kind of object was called and whether the call hit any of
+the special fast paths in the code.