ProFi v1.3, by Luke Perkin 2012. MIT Licence http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

Origin: https://gist.github.com/perky/2838755

Example:

  ProFi = require 'ProFi'
  ProFi:start()
  some_function()
  another_function()
  coroutine.resume( some_coroutine )
  ProFi:stop()
  ProFi:writeReport( 'MyProfilingReport.txt' )

API:

Arguments are specified as: type/name/default.

  ProFi:start( string/once/nil )
  ProFi:stop()
  ProFi:checkMemory( number/interval/0, string/note/'' )
  ProFi:writeReport( string/filename/'ProFi.txt' )
  ProFi:reset()
  ProFi:setHookCount( number/hookCount/0 )
  ProFi:setGetTimeMethod( function/getTimeMethod/os.clock )
  ProFi:setInspect( string/methodName, number/levels/1 )