[Gcl-devel] Re: Visit

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!  One other goal I'd like to achieve this go around is
profiling without having to have a separate slower gprof image handy.
This is now doable as all function calls can optionally be redirected
via the fast link mechanism to a statistics collecting procedure.  (Of
course, this would leave out low lying system profiling, such as GBC,
etc.)  I'm planning on leaving the gprof option, but providing this
new facility as a perhaps more convenient alternative.

Schelter had a direct interface to PROFIL, which produces a flat list
of functions with the time spend in each.  We have the potential to
also keep track of a call tree as gprof does, without gprof.  What do
you think of the gprof output?  What sort of profiling information is
most useful?  Are items like compiled size, fixnum conversion,
consing, data side effect calls (e.g. rplaca) useful reportables to
the end user?

Take care,

Robert Boyer <address@hidden> writes:

>> Separately, does Bob Boyer have a few extra cycles for some email
>> questions/consultation?  
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> Most happy to share what little I know!
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Camm Maguire                                        address@hidden
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