[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-716587 ] profile.run makes assumption regarding namespace

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Bugs item #716587, was opened at 2003-04-07 00:56
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Greg Fortune (gregfortune)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: profile.run makes assumption regarding namespace

Initial Comment:
When profile.run() is executed, it assumes that the local 
and global namespace should be determined from the 
locals and globals for __main__.  In the case of an 
embedded interpreter, this is an annoying assumption.

For instance, I have a PyQt program that has an 
embedded interpreter running as a "debug" console and 
need to profile a little segement of misbehaving code.  
With direct access to all the gui interactively, it seemed 
like a simple task of profiling a function call on one of my 
gui elements, but the namespace in the interpreter is very 
different from that of the main application.

A simple fix is to allow profile.run to be executed with an 
optional dict so the user can give their own namespace.  
A diff -u is attached which accomplishes this.

Note that this problem appears in the current Python CVS 
on sourceforge, but exists at least as early as Python 2.2.


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