dotnet / dotnet/project-system
Define a specific dll's Symbol Status in csproj
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## Summary
I currently have to re-load Symbols every time I run debug on a sample I am experimenting with. In https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/1458#issuecomment-1270277422 , a feature was added to the SDK to copy debug files from packages: `True` - But this does not actually load the symbols when you start Debugging.
As a suggestion for a feature, Why can't I simply write:
```c#
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
```
There may be better ways to do this, but the key idea is that it is a setting in my csproj. This makes sense in that "Just My Code" automatically has symbols loaded for all ProjectReference projects. Having a syntax to force loading symbols for external code would complete the csproj abilities.

## User Impact
This is annoying.
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