Python: Essential Reference, Third Edition

hotshot

The hotshot module provides high-performance profiling information. Because the module is written primarily in C, it should be much faster than the profile module.

						Profile(filename
						[,
						lineevents
						[,
						linetimings]])

Creates a Profile object. filename is the name of a file to which profile data will be logged. lineevents is a Boolean flag that indicates whether to log each line of source code or just function calls. The default value is False. linetimings is a Boolean flag that indicates whether or not to record timing information. The default value is True.

An instance, p, of Profile has the following methods:

						p.addinfo(key,value)

Adds a labeled value to the profile output.

						p.close()

Closes the profiler.

						p.fileno()

Returns the file number ...