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@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ GHCi
passed as arguments: either by enclosing the file names in double quotes or by
escaping spaces in file names with a backslash. (:ghc-ticket:`18027`)
+- The GHCi debugger syntax ``:break <qualified.name>`` now allows to set
+ breakpoints on all functions. The restrictions ``top-Level`` and ``exported``
+ have been removed. Hence it's now possible to use this syntax to set
+ breakpoints on functions defined in nested ``where`` or ``let`` clauses.
+
Runtime system
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