importantSYS.SOURCE: Ken Jin's Blog• 2026-07-15T09:07:02Z
CPython 3.15's Ultra-Low Overhead Interpreter Profiling Mechanism
CPython 3.15 introduces a novel ultra-low overhead interpreter profiling mode using dual dispatch tables to minimize performance impact during JIT compilation. This approach achieves 4.5x slowdown in profiling compared to native execution, significantly better than other tracing systems like PyPy.
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