Method Stack Inspector

The Stack Inspector browser displays the contents of the stack for one sampling iteration as collected by the Method Stack Profiler.

The Method Stack can be opened from the Strand menu of the Profile Director. Any number can be opened and they are usually reactive.

The upper list view displays all the frames from the profiled processes stack at the point of sampling. The first entry will encode the code you typed in to be profiled from the New Profile dialog. The second line displays the method it is currently calling, and so on. The format is very similar to that used by the Debugger, except the first frame in the stack is at the top of the list, rather than the bottom in the Debugger.

Selecting an entry from the list will show the source for that method in the lower panel, with the message send executing at the point of sampling highlighted.

The iteration whose stack is being shown can be changed from the Message menu. The current iteration is shown in the title bar.