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List:       pykde
Subject:    Re: [PyKDE] python profiler with pyqt
From:       "Phil Thompson" <phil () riverbankcomputing ! co ! uk>
Date:       2004-11-18 17:11:12
Message-ID: 62307.82.68.80.137.1100797872.squirrel () 82 ! 68 ! 80 ! 137
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> [Solly]
>> Has anyone tried using the python profiler to profile a pyQt-based app?
>>
>> When I run it on my application it ignores all the qt function calls,
>> and
>> only profiles methods which I have defined myself.
>
> I don't use PyQt, but I suspect the reason is that the PyQt calls are
> implemented directly in C.  The Python profiler only profiles functions
> that are implemented in Python.
>
> I have a recipe in the Python Cookbook here:
>
>   http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/81535
>
> that lets you wrap a C module in a transparent Python wrapper, so that
> the profiler will work for it.  Whether it's reasonable to attempt to do
> this for something as large as PyQt I don't know.

Python 2.4 supports profiling of C functions.

Phil

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