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Open any project. Build it without -g option(with release configuration for instance). Run Debugger. I do not see any warnings that executable file does not contain debug information. Debugger starts and all debugger buttons became active, though in debugger console we see just "No source file named ...".
I'm not sure I agree with the P2 priority. I'm assigning to Nik and will let him decide (what do Eclipse, MSVC, and Workshop do in this case?)
I don't think it is a bug. I agree that there should be some message or a dialog, which tells user that this program does not have debugging information, which means IDE cannot really provide visual debugging in this case. So I suggest to change this issue to ENHANCEMENT (it is not a DEFECT). Also it is not quite clear from the description what is the expected behavior. I'll take a look at Eclipse and other available IDEs, and will update this IZ. Perhaps we shall provide "Disassembler" window to debug such programs.
Yes, I mean that this message is obligatory in this case. In visual studio modal dialog with this warning appears when start debugging.
Lower priority to P3. Treat as enhancement request. Evaluate for inclusion in next release.
*** Bug 172002 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***