How much information do pdb files contain? (C# / .NET)

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Published on 2009-02-27T20:22:29Z Indexed on 2010/06/13 9:42 UTC
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Is is wise to redistribute the pdb files along with a commercial application?

Occasionally, I'm using the stack trace to get a more detailed error reporting logs from the deployed applications; can this functionality be achieved without relying to those files?

Also, how much hints of the original source code does these files contain? Would it be easier to reverse-engineer my application using it?

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