# File lib/ruby-prof/result.rb, line 21
    def eliminate_methods!(matchers)
      matchers = read_regexps_from_file(matchers) if matchers.is_a?(String)
      eliminated = []
      threads.each do |thread_id, methods|
        matchers.each{ |matcher| eliminated.concat(eliminate_methods(methods, matcher)) }
      end
      compute_minimality # is this really necessary?
      eliminated
    end