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Subject: Bad debug build usage
From: remi@php.net (Remi Collet)

Hi,


According to https://bugs.php.net/bugs-generating-backtrace.php

 > To get a backtrace with correct information you must have PHP 
configured with --enable-debug!

This seems wrong.

Of course you can use GDB against any build of PHP


Result: for some time, I noticed people asking about issues
in debug build, when they don't need such build.

IMHO, debug builds are for PHP and extensions developers
as this mode add more checks (assert) but is not suitable
for other usages.



Remi