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Add dump subcommand to python -m profiling.sampling for one-shot stack snapshots #149296

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Add a dump subcommand to the sampling profiler that prints a single, immediate snapshot of a running Python process's stack similar to gdb's py-bt, but built on the existing _remote_debugging unwinder.

The output should be formatted like a traceback (most recent call last), with file paths, line numbers, source lines with caret-style highlights, optional bytecode opcode names, and per-thread status (main thread / has GIL / on CPU / waiting for GIL / has exception / idle).

It should support the same flags as run (as many as possible)

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