timing

File Purpose: timers, runtime profiling

Functions

print_profile([sortkey])	prints stats from the default profiler (PROFILE).
profiling([sortkey])	returns default profiler, PROFILE.
start_profiling()	equivalent to PROFILE.enable().
stop_profiling()	equivalent to PROFILE.disable().

Classes

Profile(*args[, sortkey, clearing])	runtime profiler.
ProgressUpdater([print_freq, wait, ...])	class for printing messages but only when enough time has passed.
Stopwatch([printing])	tracks time since last clear (via self.reset()), or last "marked" time (via self.mark_time()).
TickingWatch(interval, *[, wait, _t_mark_key])	Stopwatch that also "ticks" every N seconds.
TimeLimit(seconds)	context manager which imposes a time limit, exiting with TimeoutError if internal code takes too long.