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A patch including tests is in attachment.
Example usage:
>>> from cProfile import profile
>>>
>>> @profile
... def factorial(n):
... n = abs(int(n))
... if n < 1: 
... n = 1
... x = 1
... for i in range(1, n+1):
... x = i * x
... return x
... 
>>>
>>> factorial(5)
 Thu Jul 15 20:58:21 2010 /tmp/tmpIDejr5
 4 function calls in 0.000 CPU seconds
 Ordered by: internal time, call count
 ncalls tottime percall cumtime percall filename:lineno(function)
 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 profiler.py:120(factorial)
 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 {range}
 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 {abs}
 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 {method 'disable' of '_lsprof.Profiler' objects}
120
>>>
Before including doc changes I'd like to hear whether this is actually desirable or not.