PyMOTW: sys, Part 5: Tracing Your Program As It Runs
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There are two ways to inject code to watch your program run: tracing and profiling. They are similar, but intended for different purposes and so have different constraints. The easiest, but least efficient, way to monitor your program is through a trace hook, which can be used for writing a debugger, code coverage monitoring, or many other purposes.