.\"get function profiling information for an object .TH function_profile 3 "5 Sep 1994" MudOS "LPC Library Functions" .SH NAME function_profile() - get function profiling information for an object .SH SYNOPSIS mixed *function_profile( object ob ); .SH DESCRIPTION Returns function profiling information for `ob', or this_object() if `ob' is not specified. This is only available if the driver was compiled with PROFILE_FUNCTIONS defined. .SH RETURN VALUE An array of mappings is returned, one for each function in `ob', the format of the mapping is: .nf ([ "name" : name_of_the_function, "calls" : number_of_calls, /* cpu time expressed in microseconds */ "self" : cpu_time_spent_in self, "children" : cpu_time_spent_in_children ]) .fi The usefulness of this is tied to the resolution of the CPU clock--even though the units are microseconds, the CPU timer resolution is often much less .SH SEE ALSO rusage(3), time_expression(3), opcprof(3)