API for outputting different formats from CPython sampling profiler

Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

CPython 3.15 has statistical sampling profiler which currently only supports outputting

1. pstats https://docs.python.org/3.15/library/profile.html#pstats.Stats
2. collapsed format for flamegraphs https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/8d5c3341c538cd1a4192ca8a1536b2eed4b98c69/Lib/profiling/sampling/stack_collector.py#L24

Since it's still an early stage for the sampling profiler, I thought it would be nice to initiate discussion around how to support multiple different formats from the profiler.

1. pprof
2. OTel

are the formats that could potentially be added, but supporting those from CPython would introduce dependencies that might complicate building/testing and distributing CPython.

I'd like to suggest that CPython has an interface to support 3rd party collectors. What do you think?

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

I have already discussed this feature proposal on Discourse

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

https://discuss.python.org/t/pre-pep-api-for-outputting-different-formats-from-cpython-sampling-profiler/103490

Start by reading Lib/profiling/sampling/stack_collector.py and the existing pstats and collapsed-format handling referenced in the issue. Review the linked Discourse discussion before proposing an interface for third-party collectors; done would require an agreed API, supported format boundaries, and a plan for CPython build, testing, and distribution constraints.