Re: elp-instrument-file

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Kevin Rodgers <address@hidden> writes:

> elp-instrument-package allows you to profile all the functions whose name 
> begins
> with a PACKAGE- prefix.  But what if you want to profile all the functions in 
> a
> a library, regardless of their name -- for example, the files.el library that 
> is
> distributed with Emacs and dumped in the executable.

FWIW, IMHO this is a good idea.  Please also add a menu binding in
emacs-lisp-mode when this gets installed. [What is it waiting for?]
It would also be nice to have a similar function for trace.el


>
> (defun elp-instrument-file (file)
>   "Instrument for profiling, all functions defined in FILE.
> FILE is a regexp matching a key in the `load-history' alist."
>   (interactive
>    (list (concat "\\`"
>                (regexp-quote (completing-read "File to instrument: "
>                                               load-history
>                                               nil t))
>                "\\'")))
> (dolist (entry (cdr (load-history-filename-element file)))
>   (when (and (consp entry)
>            (eq (car entry) 'defun)
>            (elp-profilable-p (cdr entry)))
>     (elp-instrument-function (cdr entry)))))
>
> -- 
> Kevin Rodgers
> Denver, Colorado, USA