Is there a way to profile underlying C++ code?

[Travis E. Oliphant]

Bo Peng wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I have a C++-SWIG-wrapped python module. The running time for one of the 
> functions is pretty unpredictable so I would like to profile it. 
> However, the python profiler does not seem to enter the compiled module 
> (.so file). Is there a way to profile the C++ functions?
> 

On Linux you can use oprofile (which is pretty nice and easy to use --- 
no recompiling.  Just start the profiler, run your code, and stop the 
profiler).

http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/about/

-Travis