Bug 339912

Created attachment 182472 [details]
Test1.cs sample file

Description of Problem:

I'm using version 1.2.5.2 of the Mono gmcs compiler.

C# document comments allow references to generic classes in cref attributes
such as:

<see cref="G {T}" />

or, alternatively:

<see cref="G &lt;T&gt;" />

to refer to a generic class G <T>.

However, when the Mono C# compiler encounters such cref attributes, it
produces the following error message (CS1584):

XML comment on 'SomeClass' has syntactically incorrect cref attribute `G {T}'

or

XML comment on 'SomeClass' has syntactically incorrect cref attribute `G <T>'

respectively.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Download the attached files Test1.cs and Test2.cs
2. Compile each file - individually - with the following options:

    gmcs -target:library -warn:4 -warnaserror -doc:Test1.xml Test1.cs

or

    gmcs -target:library -warn:4 -warnaserror -doc:Test2.xml Test2.cs

3. Examine output from compiler

Actual Results:

Test1.cs(17,18): error CS1584: XML comment on `Test.Test' has syntactically
incorrect cref attribute `G {T}'
Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warnings

or

Test2.cs(17,18): error CS1584: XML comment on `Test.Test' has syntactically
incorrect cref attribute `G <T>'
Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warnings
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Expected Results:

No errors in either case.

How often does this happen? 

Every time.

Additional Information:

The same files with the same options compile, without error, with Microsoft
C# compiler (version 8.00.50727.42).