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24.1; customizing debug-on-error to nil disables --debug-init

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From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 12068 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12068: 24.1; customizing debug-on-error to nil disables --debug-init
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:23:07 -0400

on Fri Aug 03 2012, Glenn Morris <rgm-AT-gnu.org> wrote:

> Dave Abrahams wrote:
>
>> What do you think people will do when they've set it to non-nil and then
>> they get annoyed that they're always dropping into the debugger and
>> really want to turn it back off so it sticks?
>
> I recommend "erase customization" rather than toggling.

Well of course I know that now.

> I don't think it's worth implementing special handling for this
> scenario, so I have marked this as "wontfix".

Too bad.

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Dave Abrahams
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