Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> added the comment: We could probably merge Apple's and Sun's probes without too much trouble. Apple simply extended function-entry to include the argcount in addition to Sun's (filename, funcname, lineno) arguments. We could use Apple's probe while retaining compatibility with Sun-oriented DTrace scripts already in existence.
The two different function-returns are a bit of a problem. I recommend starting with Sun's argument list because there are already a number of quite useful scripts that use it in the DTraceToolkit. We could extend Sun's argument list to add the *object pointer, but I don't actually know of a use case. I haven't seen a script in the wild that uses it. It seems like it would be tricky to write something in a DTrace script that could make much use of it besides printing out the address. Maybe you could navigate your way down to the type name, but that might be unreliable. I suggest adding the *object pointer argument only if we can devise a use case or if one of the Apple folks pop up with one. I don't feel too bad making Apple devs modify a single character from their internal scripts if they don't make them public. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4111> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
