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gh-135490: Add warning about arguments that conflict with pdb #135520

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gh-135490: Add warning about arguments that conflict with pdb #135520

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Add warning about arguments that conflict with pdb
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Expand Up @@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ after normal exit of the program), pdb will restart the program. Automatic
restarting preserves pdb's state (such as breakpoints) and in most cases is more
useful than quitting the debugger upon program's exit.

.. warning::
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I think this should be a note, not a warning. Warnings are typically reserved for security problems and things along those lines.

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If the target program has arguments that overlap with those given below,
they will be parsed incorrectly. To avoid this problem, separate target
program arguments from ``pdb`` arguments using ``--``, for example::

pdb target.py -- -m "Target program argument"
pdb -m target -- -m "Target program argument"

.. option:: -c, --command <command>

To execute commands as if given in a :file:`.pdbrc` file; see
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