function_profile - get function profiling information for an object

array function_profile( object ob );

Returns function profiling information for 'ob', or this_object() if 'ob' is not specified. This is only available if the driver was compiled with PROFILE_FUNCTIONS defined.

An array of mappings is returned, one for each function in 'ob'. The format of the mapping is:

([ "name" : name_of_the_function, "calls" : number_of_calls,

"self" : cpu_time_spent_in self, "children" : cpu_time_spent_in_children ])

The usefulness of this is tied to the resolution of the CPU clock--even though the units are microseconds, the CPU timer resolution is often much less.