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Re: gprof on OS X Tiger--still broken



-- Chris Cox <email@hidden> wrote:
> You can have Shark profile a single process - that's one of the
> options in the main UI bar.

Yes, but then the process must be already running so you cannot get the
run from beginning to end.  (But I've played with it some and can get
what I want running it in everything mode.)

> And you should use Shark as well as gprof - they test in different
> ways.

I agree.  This is why gprof should be fixed.

Bob

> Gprof requires mangling your code with extra calls, but can catch
> small
> functions that take little time.  And Shark can profile a real, final
> build
> with no modification, but won't always catch small/fast functions.
> 
> Chris
> 

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