# There's gem chocolate in my profiling peanut butter! **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 21, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/theres-gem-chocolate-in-my-profiling-peanut-butter/104737 "2007-05-21T23:41:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/theres-gem-chocolate-in-my-profiling-peanut-butter/104737/1 "2007-05-21T23:41:16Z")
Hi all, Has anyone written anything that will skip all the gem related code that occurs on startup when running a profiler over a program? Is it even possible? All that extra stuff in the final output makes it harder to read and generally bugs me. Regards, Dan ---
**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/theres-gem-chocolate-in-my-profiling-peanut-butter/104737/2 "2007-05-22T00:12:31Z")
Daniel B. wrote: > Hi all, > > Has anyone written anything that will skip all the gem related code > that occurs on startup when running a profiler over a program? Is it > even possible? > > All that extra stuff in the final output makes it harder to read and > generally bugs me. An excerpt from the README of ruby-prof: ================================================== === ruby-prof API The second way is to use the ruby-prof API to profile particular segments of code. require ‘ruby-prof’ # Profile the code RubyProf.start … [code to profile] … result = RubyProf.stop # Print a flat profile to text printer = RubyProf::TextPrinter.new(result) printer.print(STDOUT, 0) Alternatively, you can use a block to tell ruby-prof what to profile: require ‘ruby-prof’ # Profile the code result = RubyProf.profile do … [code to profile] … end # Print a graph profile to text # printer = RubyProf::GraphPrinter.new(result) printer.print(STDOUT, 0) If for some reason you want to use profile.rb, it’s easy to hack up to have the same feature (let me know and I’ll send it). ---
**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/theres-gem-chocolate-in-my-profiling-peanut-butter/104737/3 "2007-05-22T00:26:32Z")
On May 21, 4:11 pm, Joel VanderWerf [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > An excerpt from the README of ruby-prof: > RubyProf.start > to profile: > > # Print a graph profile to text > > # printer = RubyProf::GraphPrinter.new(result) printer.print(STDOUT, 0) > > If for some reason you want to use profile.rb, it’s easy to hack up to > have the same feature (let me know and I’ll send it). > > – > vjoel : Joel VanderWerf : path berkeley edu : 510 665 3407 Oh, excellent Joel, thank you. As for profile.rb, I think it would be great to send that as a patch to ruby-core. 🙂 Regards, Dan ---
**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/theres-gem-chocolate-in-my-profiling-peanut-butter/104737/4 "2007-05-22T03:50:46Z")
On May 21, 5:32 pm, Eric H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > generally bugs me. > > ancestor) works correctly, and zenprofile (from ZenHacks) works > correctly. > > The bug’s been reported at least twice: > > [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php)? > func=detail&aid=5652&group\_id=1814&atid=7060 > > [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php)? > func=detail&aid=5658&group\_id=1814&atid=7060 I haven’t experienced that myself, and it has been less than a year since the last release. However, I do see a bunch of bugs in the queue that haven’t been touched, so I dunno. Shugo, Charlie - you around? Dan ---
**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/theres-gem-chocolate-in-my-profiling-peanut-butter/104737/5 "2007-05-23T21:01:00Z")
In message [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid), Daniel B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes > Hi all, > > Has anyone written anything that will skip all the gem related code > that occurs on startup when running a profiler over a program? Is it > even possible? > > All that extra stuff in the final output makes it harder to read and > generally bugs me. Setting that up is trivial with Ruby Performance Validator. > **[Software Tools | Software Verify](http://www.softwareverify.com/products/)** > > Listing of all our software tools for each language and technology that we support. Stephen ---
**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/theres-gem-chocolate-in-my-profiling-peanut-butter/104737/6 "2007-07-10T06:16:31Z")
> > Is RubyProf still being maintained? It has this horribly annoying > > bug where it breaks when you return after calling RubyProf.start. > > The pure-ruby profile.rb works correctly, Shugo’s prof (RubyProf’s > > ancestor) works correctly, and zenprofile (from ZenHacks) works > > correctly. Hi Daniel and Eric, Yup still around (just a few months behind schedule :). The bug is fixed in ruby-prof 0.5.0, which is now available on ruby-forge. Charlie ---
**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/theres-gem-chocolate-in-my-profiling-peanut-butter/104737/7 "2007-05-22T01:33:36Z")
On May 21, 2007, at 15:11, Joel VanderWerf wrote: > ================================================== > > [code to profile] > … > result = RubyProf.stop Is RubyProf still being maintained? It has this horribly annoying bug where it breaks when you return after calling RubyProf.start. The pure-ruby profile.rb works correctly, Shugo’s prof (RubyProf’s ancestor) works correctly, and zenprofile (from ZenHacks) works correctly. The bug’s been reported at least twice: [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php)? func=detail&aid=5652&group\_id=1814&atid=7060 [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php)? func=detail&aid=5658&group\_id=1814&atid=7060