[Python-Dev] trace.py and the obscurity of Tools/scripts/ (was: Unittest list) (original) (raw)

Zooko Zooko zooko@zooko.com
Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:44:12 -0700

Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> wrote:

My trace.py stuff is actually in the distribution these days at Tools/scripts/trace.py. It's languished since I first ripped off profile.py to create it.

Actually I rewrote some of it before 2.2. Your mention of it has prompted me to go ahead and submit a patch that has been lurking around in my sandbox for a couple of months, patch 542562 [1].

It is almost unusuably slow. I'm not sure if I'm responsible for that. There is a faster alternative by Gareth Rees [2], but it has other drawbacks and anyway I'm not already familiar with its guts so I don't feel like hacking on it. The final word on that thread was Skip's suggestion of a whole new tech: [3].

The Obscurity of Tools/scripts/

Since even python-dev'ers find ancient copies of trace.py on ftp sites before they find the one in the Tools/scripts/ directory, and since the debian package of Python 2.2 comes without a Tools/scripts/ directory at all, I conclude that the Tools/scripts/ directory it isn't doing its job very well. I suggest it either be killed or fixed. I'm not sure how to do the latter -- link to it from the doc pages?

Regards,

Zooko

[1] http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=542562&group_id=5470&atid=305470 [2] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-January/079730.html [3] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-January/079763.html

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