Re: dtrace

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
> Cc: sam@gentoo.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org,  eller.helmut@gmail.com,
>   pipcet@protonmail.com,  nix@esperi.org.uk,  arsen@gentoo.org
> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:41:37 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Thanks.  Can you tell in a few words what does this patch provide for
> > Emacs?
> 
> If makes Emacs a dtrace USDT (= Userland Statically Defined Trace)
> provider, like Python.
> 
>   https://docs.python.org/3/howto/instrumentation.html
> 
> With this, a developer can define probes that can be used for all sorts
> of things in the C code. The sky is the limit. There is currently only 1
> test probe in igc.c to see if the build works.

Ah, okay.  So for this to be useful, we'd need to add probes to Emacs
in strategic places?  That's what I thought, but wasn't sure of.

Thanks.