Index: Lib/profile.py
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--- Lib/profile.py	(revision 83283)
+++ Lib/profile.py	(working copy)
@@ -592,10 +592,11 @@
 
     if (len(args) > 0):
         sys.argv[:] = args
-        sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
-        with open(sys.argv[0], 'rb') as fp:
-            script = fp.read()
-        run('exec(%r)' % script, options.outfile, options.sort)
+        progname = sys.argv[0]
+        sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(progname))
+        with open(progname, 'rb') as fp:
+            code = compile(fp.read(), progname, 'exec')
+        run(code, options.outfile, options.sort)
     else:
         parser.print_usage()
     return parser