I ran a piece of code with -d:DProf. I then ran 'dprofpp' to produce this output:

Total Elapsed Time = 19.44016 Seconds
  User+System Time = 0.230160 Seconds
Exclusive Times
%Time ExclSec CumulS #Calls sec/call Csec/c  Name
 17.3   0.040  0.069     16   0.0025 0.0043  Alerts_Common::BEGIN
 13.0   0.030  0.204      4   0.0074 0.0511  main::BEGIN
 11.3   0.026  0.086     22   0.0012 0.0039  Switch::filter_blocks
 9.99   0.023  0.037    746   0.0000 0.0000  Text::Balanced::_match_va
+riable
 7.39   0.017  0.017   1532   0.0000 0.0000  Text::Balanced::_failmsg
 4.34   0.010  0.010      2   0.0050 0.0050  DynaLoader::BEGIN
 4.34   0.010  0.010     12   0.0008 0.0008  Exporter::as_heavy
 4.34   0.010  0.020      1   0.0100 0.0198  DBI::install_driver
 4.34   0.010  0.010     16   0.0006 0.0006  DBD::mysql::db::_login
 4.34   0.010  0.010     18   0.0006 0.0006  DBI::st::finish
 4.34   0.010  0.010     21   0.0005 0.0005  vars::import
 4.34   0.010  0.010      6   0.0017 0.0016  Mail::Sendmail::BEGIN
 4.34   0.010  0.010     17   0.0006 0.0006  DBI::db::prepare
 4.34   0.010  0.010     36   0.0003 0.0003  Exporter::import
 4.34   0.010  0.010      9   0.0011 0.0011  Switch::BEGIN

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Question: the calls to "BEGIN" - these are the constructors?

In reply to dprofpp - understanding the output by ethrbunny

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