On Apr 5, 8:46 am, Rahul <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote: > I need to profile a slow-running code. The problem is I cannot seem to find > cProfile.py. > > Where can I get it? Is it not included in the normal distro? I tried > googling it up and theres tons of info on how to use it but no links for > where to download it from. > > I am using Python 2.4.4 (#3, Feb 17 2008, 15:06:10).
Read the fantastic manual: http://docs.python.org/library/profile.html Note: this is the *first* hit when you google either "cprofile" or "cProfile.py". """ The Python standard library provides three different profilers: 1. cProfile is recommended for most users; it’s a C extension with reasonable overhead that makes it suitable for profiling long-running programs. Based on lsprof, contributed by Brett Rosen and Ted Czotter. New in version 2.5. """ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list