cprofile_profiling.py

"""
"Macro-profiling" section example of invoking cProfile
Python profiles from Python script

"""
import time
import cProfile


def medium():
    time.sleep(0.01)


def light():
    time.sleep(0.001)


def heavy():
    for i in range(100):
        light()
        medium()
        medium()
    time.sleep(2)


def main():
    for i in range(2):
        heavy()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    profiler = cProfile.Profile()
    profiler.runcall(main)
    profiler.print_stats()