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Re: [linuxtools-dev] cachegrind

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> From: linuxtools-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:linuxtools-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel HB
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 11:06 AM
> To: Linux Tools developer discussions
> Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] cachegrind
> 
> On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 10:45 -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote:
> > > >I've been asked multiple times about post-mortem support for the
> > > >LinuxTools.
> > > 
> > > I personaly think that it's useful in all cases.
> > 
> > I agree it's very useful and would love to see us support 
> it.  It just
> > wasn't part of the original workflows of a lot of the 
> plugins we have.
> 
> A good start would be, for example, not wiping out previous profiling
> results from the view. We can "store" the last N results for the same
> profiling. That makes sense when you're trying to see improvements on
> the code. This, of course, considering that you're running the profile
> from a valid C/C++ project inside CDT. 

Without digging deeper, such a 'history' sounds like a nice feature.

> For opening any random profile maybe we can create a new perspective
> called "Profile Viewer", which won't consider any project or workspace
> setting, where you have the freedom to open up any profile data file
> from the file system just for view. 

Maybe simpler is better?
How about a view menu item: "Open..." which allows you to choose
the file you want to open.  Maybe also specify a binary or such other
things for the cases that need them.

> This would be, in my opinion, a clean way to have the feature without
> opening unrelated profiling results inside the C/C++ view. 



> 
> > 
> > Maybe a good general theme for Kepler?  :)
> > 
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