[Mono-list] compiler errors in XMLDoc

Jonathan Pryor jonpryor at vt.edu
Tue Mar 15 15:15:13 EDT 2011


On Mar 15, 2011, at 1:03 AM, Steve Lessard wrote:
> The comment doesn't start with three slashes. Why does the compiler think that's an XMLDoc comment? 

Because XML Documentation Comments can also start with `/**` (slash-star-star):

	http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-334.pdf
	§ E.1 Introduction
	delimited-doc-comment grammar

That said, this does look like an mcs bug.

 - Jon



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