def __init__(self, *args, packages_to_include=None, log_pids=False, **kwargs):
        """normal init plus added package/dir exclusion overrides:

        While preserving the original behavior a new optional arg is added `packages_to_include`
        with the following behavior:

        1. if ignoredirs is a list the original trace behavior is used - only those dirs and subdirs will be excluded
        2. if ignoredirs is None and packages_to_include is None - everything is included
        3. if packages_to_include="uninstalled" all packages found under  /.../site-packages will be excluded. I couldn't find a way to exclude core python packages under /.../lib/python3.8 since it'd then exclude site-packages as well
        3. if packages_to_include=["PIL", "numpy", "pytorch"] all packages found under  /.../site-packages, and /.../lib/python3.8 will be excluded except the packages that were listed to be included - use top-level package name here
        4. if packages_to_include=None, everything under /.../site-packages, and /.../lib/python3.8 will be excluded and any packages that are installed via `pip install -e .` will be included

        """
        ignoredirs = kwargs.get("ignoredirs", None)

        if ignoredirs is not None and len(ignoredirs) > 1:
            if packages_to_include is not None:
                raise ValueError("can't have both ignoredirs and packages_to_include not None")
            kwargs["ignoredirs"] = ignoredirs
        elif packages_to_include is None:
            kwargs["ignoredirs"] = None
        elif packages_to_include == "uninstalled":
            kwargs["ignoredirs"] = self.stdlib_dir  # everything including python core packages
        else:
            # exclude all of /.../lib/python3.8 and sub-paths from /.../site-packages, and
            packages = os.listdir(self.site_packages_dir)
            packages_to_exclude = set(packages) - set(packages_to_include)
            dirs_to_exclude = [
                f"{self.site_packages_dir}/{dir}" for dir in sorted(packages_to_exclude) if not dir.endswith("-info")
            ]
            # note, no way to exclude python core packages in this situation because
            # sysconfig.get_paths()'s' purelib is a subset of stdlib :(, so excluding only site-packages
            kwargs["ignoredirs"] = dirs_to_exclude

        # not packages, but final module names like Image from Image.py
        # mods_to_exclude = []

        # print("\n".join(kwargs["ignoredirs"]))

        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.log_pids = log_pids
normal init plus added package/dir exclusion overrides:

        While preserving the original behavior a new optional arg is added `packages_to_include`
        with the following behavior:

        1. if ignoredirs is a list the original trace behavior is used - only those dirs and subdirs will be excluded
        2. if ignoredirs is None and packages_to_include is None - everything is included
        3. if packages_to_include="uninstalled" all packages found under  /.../site-packages will be excluded. I couldn't find a way to exclude core python packages under /.../lib/python3.8 since it'd then exclude site-packages as well
        3. if packages_to_include=["PIL", "numpy", "pytorch"] all packages found under  /.../site-packages, and /.../lib/python3.8 will be excluded except the packages that were listed to be included - use top-level package name here
        4. if packages_to_include=None, everything under /.../site-packages, and /.../lib/python3.8 will be excluded and any packages that are installed via `pip install -e .` will be included

        
debug/NicerTrace.py