debug=true in .svc file?

Question

Our WCF svc files contain the following:

<%@ ServiceHost Service="Foo"
                Factory="Bar"
                Language="C#"
                Debug="true" %>

What does debug=true mean in this case? web.config has debug=false, but I don't know what this one means and can't find a reference on MSDN.

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score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 26 '10 at 19:58

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Quoting http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa967286.aspx:

Debug

Indicates whether the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service should be compiled with debug symbols. true if the WCF service should be compiled with debug symbols; otherwise, false.

Without debug symbols, it'll be harder to debug the services.

answered May 26 '10 at 19:58

Julien Lebosquain

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Thanks. What would this mean if web.config has debug=false? – JohnW May 26 '10 at 20:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 26 '10 at 19:57

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My belief is that this will override what's in the web.config but only for this specific service. I may be wrong, though.

answered May 26 '10 at 19:57

Jaxidian

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debug=true in .svc file?

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