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@@ -68,11 +68,13 @@ Step 2. Configure. RANLIB Name of the `ranlib' program or `:' if none. MAKE Name of the `make' program (GNU make is preferred) - * This version of HDF5 is normally built with various debugging - code enabled. To turn it off add the `--disable-debug' switch - to the configure command. Even if debugging support is compiled - into the library one must still enable the code at runtime with - the HDF5_DEBUG environment variable (see Debugging.html). + * This version of HDF5 is normally built with various debugging code + enabled. To turn it off add the `--disable-debug' switch to the + configure command. Even if debugging support is compiled into the + library one must still enable the code at runtime with the HDF5_DEBUG + environment variable (see Debugging.html). Including debugging support + in the library (whether it's enabled or not) may incur a significant + run-time penalty. * This version of HDF5 is normally built with support for symbolic debugging with dbx or gdb and without compiler optimization |