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24.3.50; The profiler does not show me all the run functions?

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Message #32 received at 15454 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>
Cc: sva-news <at> mygooglest.com, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA, 15454 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15454: 24.3.50;
 The profiler does not show me all the run functions?
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:34:35 +0300

> From: David Engster <deng <at> randomsample.de>
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 22:22:11 +0200
> Cc: Sebastien Vauban <sva-news <at> mygooglest.com>, 15454 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Stefan Monnier writes:
> > The profiler is based on sampling, so it can definitely "miss" things,
> > especially if we don't spend much time in them.
> 
> That's my experience, too. Reducing profiler-sampling-interval usually
> helps, though.

But in any case, the profiler is not an efficient tool to study how
complex things are implemented in Emacs (or any other program).
That's what debuggers are for.

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