[Python-Dev] draft PEP: Trace and Profile Support for Threads (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz@pythoncraft.com
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:46:40 -0400

On Tue, Apr 22, 2003, Jeremy Hylton wrote:

Abstract ======== This PEP describes a mechanism for attaching profile and trace functions to a thread when it is created. This mechanism allows existing tools, like the profiler, to work with multi-threaded programs. The new functionality is exposed via a new event type for trace functions.

Hrm. While I don't want to overload what looks like a simple PEP, I'd like some thoughts about how this ought to interact with thread-local storage (if at all). There are some modules (notably the BCD module) that need to keep track of state on a per-thread basis, but without requiring a user of the module to do the work.

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