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Re: Stack Sampling and uses
From: |
Taylor R Campbell |
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Re: Stack Sampling and uses |
Date: |
Wed, 25 Mar 2020 22:13:29 +0000 |
> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:54:55 -0400
> From: Nicholas Papadonis <address@hidden>
>
> I decided to run it on the Fibonacci sequence function, however could use
> better understanding of interpreting the results. I'm trying to find the
> impact of the factorial function in the output, however could use
> guidance. Does the compiled code have any impact on spotting f's profile
> data?
The stack sampler is only useful for compiled code -- it simply
ignores samples in interpreted code. (It's also been changed in git
master so it prints a histogram of stack traces, which is a little
more useful; perhaps we will get out a new release that has it at some
point!)