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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml b/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml
index 0f1fd18..513b26f 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/debugging.xml
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@
- dumps all rewrite rules (including those generated
- by the specialisation pass)
+ dumps all rewrite rules specified in this module;
+ see .
+
@@ -280,14 +281,25 @@
+ :
+
+
+
+ Show the output of each run of the simplifier. Used when even
+ doesn't cut it.
+
+
+
+
+
:
Show the output of each iteration
of the simplifier (each run of the simplifier has a maximum
- number of iterations, normally 4). Used when even
- doesn't cut it.
+ number of iterations, normally 4). This outputs even more information
+ than .
@@ -412,6 +424,31 @@
+
+
+
+
+ Suppress the printing of uniques in debugging output. This may make
+ the printout ambiguous (e.g. unclear where an occurrence of 'x' is bound), but
+ it makes the output of two compiler runs have many fewer gratuitous differences,
+ so you can realistically apply diff. Once diff
+ has shown you where to look, you can try again without
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Suppress the printing of coercions in Core dumps to make them
+shorter.
+
+
+
+
+
@@ -424,14 +461,18 @@
-
-
-
+
+
+
-
- Have the renamer report what imports does not
- contribute.
-
+
+ Suppress any unsolicited debugging output. When GHC
+ has been built with the DEBUG option it
+ occasionally emits debug output of interest to developers.
+ The extra output can confuse the testing framework and
+ cause bogus test failures, so this flag is provided to
+ turn it off.
+