From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:49:50 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: ; * etc/DEBUG: Improve advice for debugging native-compilation (bug#67900).
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; * etc/DEBUG: Improve advice for debugging native-compilation (bug#67900).
---

diff --git a/etc/DEBUG b/etc/DEBUG
index d24e0e6ce00..290c01faf3e 100644
--- a/etc/DEBUG
+++ b/etc/DEBUG
@@ -605,7 +605,17 @@ recommend to follow the procedure below to try to identify the cause:
  . Reduce the problematic .el file to the minimum by bisection, and
    try identifying the function that causes the problem.
 
- . Reduce the problematic function to the minimal code that still
+ . Try natively compiling the problematic file with
+   'native-comp-speed' set to 1 or even zero.  If doing that solves
+   the problem, you can use
+
+     (declare (speed 1))
+
+   at the beginning of the body of suspected function(s) to change
+   native-comp-speed only for those functions -- this could help you
+   identify the function(s) which cause(s) the problem.
+
+ . Reduce the problematic function(s) to the minimal code that still
    reproduces the problem.
 
  . Study the problem's artifacts, like Lisp or C backtraces, to try