--- a/MessageTally.st Wed Mar 19 19:18:44 1997 +0100
+++ b/MessageTally.st Wed Mar 19 19:33:25 1997 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,24 @@
For good results, make certain that the measured block runs for some
time (say 5 seconds) - add a timesRepeat-loop around it if required.
+ The displayed information is:
+ - the calling tree augmented with total and leaf times.
+ the leaf time is the time spent in the method itself;
+ the total time is the time spent in the method and all of its called
+ methods.
+
+ - the leaf methods by receiver
+ this lists the leaf nodes only, sorted by time spent there.
+ Here, method invocations for different receiver types are
+ listed separately.
+
+ - the leaf methods
+ this lists the leaf nodes only, sorted by time spent there.
+ Here, method invocations for different receiver types are
+ summed up separately.
+
+ The last list (leaf methods) is propably the most interresting.
+
[author:]
Claus Gittinger
@@ -356,5 +374,5 @@
!MessageTally class methodsFor:'documentation'!
version
- ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic3/MessageTally.st,v 1.27 1997-03-19 11:40:30 cg Exp $'
+ ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic3/MessageTally.st,v 1.28 1997-03-19 18:33:25 cg Exp $'
! !