#NEWLINE# def addperfcounter( self , object , counter , machine = None ) : #NEWLINE# #INDENT# '\n\t\tA "Performance Counter" is a stable, known, common counter,\n\t\tsuch as Memory, or Processor.  The use of addperfcounter by \n\t\tend-users is deprecated, since the use of \n\t\taddcounterbybrowsing is considerably more flexible and general.\n\t\tIt is provided here to allow the easy development of scripts\n\t\twhich need to access variables so common we know them by name\n\t\t(such as Memory|Available Bytes), and to provide symmetry with\n\t\tthe add inst counter method.\n\t\tusage:\n\t\t\tquery.addperfcounter(\'Memory\', \'Available Bytes\')\n\t\tIt is just as easy to access addcounter directly, the following\n\t\thas an identicle effect.\n\t\t\tquery.addcounter(\'Memory\', \'Available Bytes\')\n\t\t' #NEWLINE# BaseQuery . addcounter ( self , object = object , counter = counter , machine = machine )