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

Question

Is is wise to redistribute the pdb files along with a commercial application?

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Answer 1

The managed .pdb files contain the following information:

• The names of all local variables
• The names of all source code files and the mapping from IL instructions onto lines within those files.

Everything else is contained in the binary itself, including the names of all types, members and function arguments.

Source: PDB files: what every developer must know.