<compilation debug=true/> what does it really do

&lt;compilation debug=true/&gt; Trying to figure out what this attribute really does if you do not compile it as a debug release so that pdb files are created for you. In other words if you compile it to release mode initially so that there are no pdb files, then what does setting this attribute to true really buy you.

This article gives a nice little description of why.

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/aspplus/doc/debugcomsdk.aspx

-Mathew Nolton