[C++-sig] profiling python extension

[Alexey Akimov]

Thank you, Amos
I forget to mention - I am working Linux, so the shark tool probably will
not be suitable for me. But anyway thanks for you reply.

Best wishes
Alexey

2010/2/28 Amos Anderson <nitroamos at gmail.com>

> > Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:52:17 -0600
> > From: Alexey Akimov <alexey.akimov85 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Development of Python/C++ integration" <cplusplus-sig at python.org>
> > Subject: [C++-sig] profiling python extension
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> > Dear all,
> >
> > Does anyone know how one may profile a python extention? There is a bunch
> of
> > literature on profiling of pure binaries (programs and even libraries),
> pure
> > python code, etc. However the profiling of a python module from python
> > script seems a tricky procedure.
> > What I tried is to pass variant=profile to bjam. Everything works fine
> and I
> > get .so library corresponding to my module (placed into /profile
> > sub-directory of this particular build). When I execute the python script
> > invoking my module's functions (performance of those functions is most
> > interesting for me) there is no any output generated (something similar
> to
> > gmon.out). So that is basically my question - how can I retrieve the
> > profiling information about my extension? Of course I can compile a
> normal
> > executable using the functions in the module and then use a standard
> > approach (and of course gprof), but I hope that there should be more
> > straightforward and easy way to do this (hopefully by passing some
> arguments
> > to bjam).
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Alexey
>
>
> If you're using OSX, then the Shark tool seems to work really well,
> and is really easy to use. I does not require that you compile in -pg
> mode.
>
> http://developer.apple.com/tools/shark_optimize.html
>
> Amos.
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