timholy / timholy/ProfileView.jl
Feature request: memory flame graphs
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- Dominant language
- Julia
- Stars
- 382
- Forks
- 40
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Description
As far as I can tell, there are no tool that can report a memory flame graph from Julia code. That could be very useful for tracking memory usage in a very easy way.
One could do what the manual suggests, or use TimerOutputs.jl, which are all very precise and useful, but it would be nice to have a solution that is 1. automated, 2. does not require modifying code and 3. is simple and visual. A flame graph seems to be just that.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing ProfileView.jl's existing profiling visualization and the Julia manual's memory allocation analysis, along with the linked memory flame graph reference. Define how memory data can be collected automatically without code changes and what the resulting visual flame graph should contain; done means a simple end-to-end memory flame graph workflow.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia
- Domain
- data-visualization, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100