I am always under the impression that learn.microsoft.com (MSDN) is generated from the XML documentation in the .net source code, plus some extra infomation.
Today I looked at System.Diagnostics.Debug. Its class description online and in the source code is different, and has been different since at least 10 years ago.
| site | Class description |
|---|---|
| learn.microsoft.com | help debug your code |
| .NET 8.0 Source | for debugging code |
| .NET Core 3.1 Source | for debugging code |
| .NET Framework 4.6 Source | for debugging code |
| MSDN 2014 (.NET Framework 1.1) | help debug your code |
Why doesn’t the website match the XML documentation?
Since .NET is mostly open source, is there a place storing these special mappings where the XML documentation is shown differently online?
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