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set-process-profiling

Function
Summary

Controls the set of processes that are profiled.

Package

hcl

Signature

set-process-profiling flag processes

Arguments

flag

:add , :remove or :set .

processes

One of :current , :all , a mp:process object, or a list of mp:process objects which may also contain :current .

Description

The function set-process-profiling modifies the set of processes for which profiling information is (or will be) collected.

If set-process-profiling is called while profiling (that is after a call to start-profiling and before the next call to stop-profiling with print non-nil) the system immediately starts collecting profile information for the new set of processes.

When start-profiling is called without passing processes , it sets the processes to profile according to the last call to set-process-profiling .

flag determines how the set of processes to profile is modified:

:add

The given processes are added to the set.

:remove

The given processes are removed from the set.

:set

The given processes are used as the set.

processes controls which processes are added to the set, removed from the set or are contained in the set, as follows:

:current

Means the current process. When start-profiling is called it interprets :current to mean the current process at the time it is called. If set-process-profiling is called while profiling, :current is interpreted as the current process when set-process-profiling is called.

:all

Means all processes, including those which are created after profiling started.

A mp:process object

Means that process.

A list

Means the processes in that list. The list can contain the symbol :current , which is interpreted as described above.

set-process-profiling can be called whether or not the profiler is collecting information. See start-profiling and stop-profiling.

Examples

Add process1 to the set:

(set-process-profiling :add process1 )

Turn off profiling for the current process:

(set-process-profiling :remove :current)

Turn off all profiling:

(set-process-profiling :remove :all)

Set all processes for later profiling:

(set-process-profiling :set :all)
See also

profile
start-profiling
stop-profiling


LispWorks User Guide and Reference Manual - 22 Dec 2009

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