RE: 5.6.0 RC1 and the perl debugger

[PVHP]

Jordan Henderson wrote:

> The ideal is that we could build both, creating a perl.exe and a perl_debug.exe.
> I rarely use the Perl debugger, but when I need it I want it now and I'd hate to
> have to rebuild Perl to get it.
> 
> A faster perl is attractive, though.  How much faster are we talking about?  So
> little that we'd never notice or >5%?

To use the perl debugger just type:

    perl -d $scriptname

no matter how your perl was built.

Peter Prymmer