This is mainly useful for stack.py, where -t/--hot lets you quickly see
everything that contributes to the stack limit for each function.
This was (and still is) possible with -s + -z, but it was pretty
annoying to use:
- The stack trace rendered _diagonally_ as a consequence of -z, which is
probably the worst use of screen real estate.
- This trick only really worked with -s, which was the opposite order of
what you usually want on the command line: -S.
Adding a special for-purpose -t/--hot flag makes looking at the hot path
much easier, at the cost of more hacky python code (and I _mean_ hacky,
making the hot path selection useful while following exising sort rules
was annoyingly complicated).
Also added -t/--hot to perf.py and perfbd.py for consistency, though it
makes a bit less sense there.
Also also reworked related code in all three scripts: stack.py, perf.py,
perfbd.py. The logic should be a bit more equivalent, and
perf.py/perfbd.py detect cycles now.
Christopher Haster
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