From: Ole J. Mengshoel

Subject: Profiling in ACL 4.3.2

Date: 1998-3-17 1:10

I have a question about the fields that are printed out by ACL 4.3.2 
(prof:show-flat-profile) command.  In particular, what do the "self secs" 
and "total secs" columns present, and how is it different from the "% Time" 
columns?  

I enclose an example of a profile below.  I have looked in the user manual,
pp 11-13 
to pp 11-15, but it doesn't really say anything about this. 

> (prof:show-flat-profile)
Sample represents 99.2 seconds of processor time (out of a total of 99.2) Times below 1.0% will be suppressed. % % self total self total Function Time Cum. secs secs calls ms/call ms/call name 14.8 14.8 14.7 22.4 EXCL::FIND-TEST-KEY 13.0 27.8 12.9 12.9 EXCL::STRUCTURE-REF 7.8 35.6 7.7 29.7 ... FIND-NODE 6.5 42.1 6.5 6.5 EXCL::EQL-NOT-EQ 2.6 44.7 2.6 2.6 EXCL::DEFSTRUCT-ACCESSOR 2.4 47.1 2.4 4.6 ... EXCL::SORT-LIST 2.3 49.5 2.3 5.3 ... TYPEP 2.2 51.7 2.2 2.2 "qcar" <more profile information> Thanks in advance for any hints, Ole J. Mengshoel.