HTML comments break down *

Question

I have a page that is generated which inserts an HTML comment near the top of the page. Inside the comment is a *nix-style command.

<!-- command --option value --option2 value2 --option3 -->

This comment breaks the page completely. What is wrong with the comment to cause this to happen, and why is this the case?

Answer

Comments in the XML Spec from the w3.org :

For compatibility, the string "--" (double-hyphen) MUST NOT occur within comments.

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