Python Profiler garbage

Question

I am currently profiling some python code like so:

import cProfile
cProfile.runctx('self._Foo ()', globals(), locals(), 'c:/restats.txt')

def Foo(self):
    stuff

The code runs successfuly, outputs no exception. However my restats.txt looks like this:

SomeFunc( i i gÇZ3a/?gÇZ3a/?0( s; C:\SomeFolder\bar.pyiL t

Basically it is 150 lines of garbage characters with random paths and function names mixed in.

What could be the issue? Am I using this correctly? The python file is being loaded in through Maya if that makes a differance.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 14 '15 at 18:44

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Please read the documentation for what to do after you have collected the trace information. I believe you will need to use pstats.Stats to extract the information you need.

answered Jul 14 '15 at 18:44

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '15 at 18:44

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The file is not meant to be human-readable. As described in the documentation, you can use the pstats module to load the file and explore the profiling data.

answered Jul 14 '15 at 18:44

BrenBarn

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That will teach me to skim the documentation. – marsh Jul 14 '15 at 18:46

Python Profiler garbage

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