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@@ -82,3 +82,7 @@ You can also toss::
print >> sys.stderr, '-'*60, '\n', '\n'.join(traceback.format_stack()[-10:])
into the function itself for a depth-first caller list.
+
+For a more top-down approach, try::
+
+ $ python -c "import pstats; p=pstats.Stats('profile'); p.sort_stats('cumulative').print_callees(20)"