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Compiler Warning (level 1) CS1584

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XML comment on 'member' has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'invalid_syntax'

One of the parameters passed to a tag for documentation comments has invalid syntax. For more information, see Recommended Tags for Documentation Comments.

Example

The following sample generates CS1584.

// CS1584.cs  
// compile with: /W:1 /doc:CS1584.xml  
/// <remarks>Test class</remarks>  
public class Test  
{  
   /// <remarks>Called in <see cref="Test.Mai()n"/>.</remarks>   // CS1584  
   // try the following line instead  
   // /// <remarks>Called in <see cref="Test.Main()"/>.</remarks>  
   public static void Test2() {}  
  
   /// <remarks>Main method</remarks>  
   public static void Main() {}  
}