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* The exception-related catchpoints, like "catch throw", now accept a
regular expression which can be used to filter exceptions by type.
+* The new convenience variable $_exitsignal is automatically set to
+ the terminating signal number when the program being debugged dies
+ due to an uncaught signal.
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* MI changes
** The -trace-save MI command can optionally save trace buffer in Common