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Re: [PATCH]: add set/show debug, move gdb debugging flags into it


Michael Snyder wrote:
> 
> Fernando Nasser wrote:
> 
> > The documentation problem may not be restricted to the debug command but
> > also to other maintenance class commands.  They have been considered to
> > be restricted to wizards that read source code instead of manuals and so
> > they have not been documented in the user's manual.
> 
> I always consider it questionable whether maintenance commands
> SHOULD be documented in the user's guide.  If they should,
> perhaps it should be in a separate section clearly identified
> as being for the maintenance and debugging of the debugger.
> 

I agree (I prefer the second option -- a separate section).  That is why
I said it was a policy issue.

I am not sure who is responsible for the content index (organization) of
the manual...

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