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NAME

       ocamlcp - The Objective Caml profiling compiler

SYNOPSIS

       ocamlcp [ ocamlc options ] [ -p flags ] filename ...

DESCRIPTION

       The  ocamlcp  command  is  a  front-end	to  ocamlc(1) that instruments the source code, adding code to record how many times functions are
       called, branches of conditionals are taken, ...	Execution of instrumented code produces an execution profile in the  file  ocamlprof.dump,
       which can be read using ocamlprof(1).

       ocamlcp accepts the same arguments and options as ocamlc(1).

OPTIONS

       In addition to the ocamlc(1) options, ocamlcp accepts the following option controlling the amount of profiling information:

       -p letters
	      The letters indicate which parts of the program should be profiled:

       a      all options

       f      function calls : a count point is set at the beginning of each function body

       i      if ... then ... else: count points are set in both then and else branches

       l      0 loops: a count point is set at the beginning of the loop body

       m      match branches: a count point is set at the beginning of the body of each branch of a pattern-matching

       t      try ... with branches: a count point is set at the beginning of the body of each branch of an exception catcher

       For instance, compiling with ocamlcp -pfilm profiles function calls, if ... then ... else ..., loops, and pattern matching.

       Calling ocamlcp(1) without the -p option defaults to -p fm meaning that only function calls and pattern matching are profiled.

       Note:  due  to the implementation of streams and stream patterns as syntactic sugar, it is hard to predict what parts of stream expressions
       and patterns will be profiled by a given flag.  To profile a program with streams, we recommend using ocamlcp -p a.

SEE ALSO

       ocamlc(1), ocamlprof(1).
       The Objective Caml user's manual, chapter "Profiling".

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