by abhinav.g90:

What steps will reproduce the problem?
Parse an XML file with a <![CDATA[ section.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expect successful parse. 
Get:
XML syntax error: invalid <![ sequence

What is your $GOOS? $GOARCH?
$GOOS = darwin
$GOOARCH = 386

Which revision are you sync'ed to?  (hg log -l 1)
changeset:   4018:bbc290c53f85
tag:         tip

Please provide any additional information below.

The attached .go file has the following XML. It should successfully parse
by using xml.Unmarshal and the types defined but it gets a syntax error.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss>
    <channel>
        <item>
            <title>Go</title>
            <link>http://golang.org/<;/link>
            <description><![CDATA[
                The Go language home page
            ]]></description>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Test Page</title>
            <link>http://somesite/<;/link>
            <description><![CDATA[
                CONTENTS
            ]]></description>
        </item>
    </channel>
</rss>

Attachments:

1. xmltest.go (1093 bytes)