Profiling Perl Code

ashisht has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Perl Monks,

I would appreciate your help yet again. I am trying to profile my Perl code. It is a little slow and I want to determine where it is spending most of its time. Is there a module I could use to perform the profiling?

Thanks,
Ashish.

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Re: Profiling Perl Code by adrianh (Chancellor) on Mar 23, 2004 at 20:00 UTC
Is there a module I could use to perform the profiling? Yup. Take a look at Devel::SmallProf.	[reply]
Re: Profiling Perl Code by amw1 (Friar) on Mar 23, 2004 at 21:22 UTC
on the timtowtdi front there is also Devel::DProf. To profile test.pl `perl -d:DProf test.pl` [download] this will create a tmon.out file which can be read by dprofpp. I've used this with some success. I have not used the other module referenced and will give it a shot when I get the need.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Profiling Perl Code by Vautrin (Hermit) on Mar 23, 2004 at 21:26 UTC
Nobody's mentioned Benchmark.pm yet. Also, search for the word Benchmark on CPAN. A quick search turned up many, many modules. Want to support the EFF and FSF by buying cool stuff? Click here.	[reply]