using System;
using System.Xml.Linq;
class Test
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string xml = "<?xml version=\"1.1\" ?><root><sub /></root>";
XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(xml);
Console.WriteLine(doc);
}
}
Unhandled Exception: System.Xml.XmlException: Version number '1.1' is invalid. Line 1, position 16. at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseXmlDeclaration(Boolean isTextDecl) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read() at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(XmlReader reader, LoadOptions options) at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Parse(String text, LoadOptions options) at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Parse(String text) at Test.Main(String[] args)
No wonder, with this type of hardcoding values (e.g. version) and such poor quality of XML parsers used by Microsoft, Internet explorer can’t load a plain (‘hello world’ equivalent) XHTML page.