[issue13405] Add DTrace probes

[anatoly techtonik]

anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> added the comment:

2011/12/12 Charles-François Natali <report at bugs.python.org>

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> Charles-François Natali <neologix at free.fr> added the comment:
>
> > Alan, I would open a new issue tracking this one and posting a patch
> there, if I were you.
> >
> > Previous DTRACE attempts failed because trying to make everybody happy.
> I don't want to repeat the mistake.
> >
>
> Sorry, but I'm -1.
> I don't feel comfortable with adding a such amount of intrusive code,
> which will have to be maintained as the interpreter evolves, to add
> probes just for Solaris derivatives, which is, with all due respect,
> really a niche platform. So If we merge this, this should at least
> support SystemTap upfront.
>

Is SystemTap an alternative to DTrace? I see that SystemTap is only for
Linux, while DTrace is available also on MacOS and FreeBSD.

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